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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hornsey 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE E.—INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED, 1926.
| DISEASE | WARDS. | AGES | Total | Admitted to Joint Hospital. | Admitted to other Hospitals. | Registered Deaths | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highgate | Muswell Hill. | Crouch End | West Hornsey | East Hornsey | North Haringey | South Haringey | Stroud Green | Finsbury Park. | 0 | 1 s | 5 IS | 15 25 | 25 45 | 45 65 | 65 and over | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | 24 | 23 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 83 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 89 | 7 | 0 |
| Diphtheria | 27 | 11 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 77 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 116 | 101 | 4 | 1 |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Ophth. Neon. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pneumonia | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 56 | 0 | 8 | 68 |
| Puerperal Fever | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Poliomyelitis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tuberculosis | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Phthisis | 10 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 64 | 21 | 5 | 111 | — | — | 61 |
| Other Horms | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 28 | — | - | 7 |
| Total | 76 | 58 | 27 | 80 | 81 | 68 | 33 | 38 | 41 | 11 | 49 | 184 | 79 | 114 | 48 | 17 | 502 | 196 | 30 | 141 |
| Admitted to Hospitals (except T.B.) | 46 | 20 | 12 | 40 | 41 | 24 | 12 | 15 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Note.—The following non-notifiable infectious diseases were also admitted to the Isolation Hospital:—Measles 7, Corneal Ulcer 1. Mumps 1.
Diphtheria found to be Laryngitis 1, Enteric Fever found to be Tuberculosis 1, making a total of 207.