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Hornsey 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE E.—INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED, 1927.
| 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 Hark. | 0— 1 | 1— 5 | 5— 15 | 15— 25 | 25— 4 5 | 45— 65 | 65 and over | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | 29 | 25 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 27 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 41 | 95 | 29 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 179 | 131 | 6 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 11 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 56 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 81 | 5 | 6 |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 9 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Ophth. Neon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | o | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pneumonia | 7 | 16 | 7 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 89 | 3 | 9 | 69 |
| Pueiperal Fever | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Poliomyelitis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cerebro spinal Meningitis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | I | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Paratyphoid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malaria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tuberculosis | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Phthisis | 14 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 39 | 21 | 1 | 86 | — | — | 58 |
| Other Forms | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | — | — | 6 |
| Total | 78 | 85 | 36 | 66 | 75 | 76 | 47 | 36 | 36 | 9 | 84 | 172 | 89 | 102 | 58 | 21 | 535 | 226 | 24 | 146 |
| Admitted to Hospitals (except T.B.) | 40 | 35 | 12 | 25 | 39 | 34 | 29 | 20 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Note —The following non-notifiable infectious diseases were also admitted to the Isolation Hospital:—Five cases found not to be diphtheria, 1 return case
of scarlet fever, 1 scarlet fever (notification withdrawn), 1 poliomyelitis (notification withdrawn), 1 enteric fever found to be chest trouble, 1 whooping
cough, 1 whooping cough and pneumonia, 5 measles, 1 German measles, 2 chicken-pox, 1 mumps, 2 conjunctivitis, 3 skin diseases, 1 case for
observation after operation; total cases removal to Hospital. 252.