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Hornsey 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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Table: Tuberculosis.—The following statement shows the condition of the register at the beginning and at the end of the year: —

Tuberculosis.—The following statement shows the condition of the register at the beginning and at the end of the year: —

No. of cases at commencement ot 1926.No. of cases added to register during 1926.No. of cases removed from register during 1926.No. of cases on register at end of 1926.
Pul.Non. Pul.Pul.Non.- Pul.Pul.Non. Pul.Pul.Non.-Pul.
Males18241631342120353
Females16834481532118448

Table: The cases were removed from the register for the following reasons: —

The cases were removed from the register for the following reasons: —

Deaths42
Removed from district19
Cured or disease arrested15
76

Table: The average number of beds in residential institutions available for Middlesex patients suffering from tuberculosis during the year 1926: —

The average number of beds in residential institutions available for Middlesex patients suffering from tuberculosis during the year 1926: —

Observation.Pulmonary tuberculosis.Non-pulmonary tuberculosis.Total.
Adult Males929538342
Adult Females720039246
Children undei 15857109174
Total24552186762

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The number of deaths from tuberculosis in Hornsey was 68
in 1926—the death-rate being 0.76 per 1,000. The rate in 1925
was 0.6.
A detailed list of new cases of, and deaths from, tuberculosis
will be found in Table G. (p. 37).
Influenza an-d Pneumonia.—The incidence of these two
two diseases remained much the same as in 1925—13 deaths
occurring from the former and 68 from the latter. Most of these