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Hornsey 1930

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

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Table:

Cases
Notified.Treated.Vision unimpaired.Vision impaired.Total blindness.Deaths.
At home.In hospital.
1011000

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Tuberculosis.—Sanatorium provision for all forms of tuberculosis
in Hornsey is made by the Middlesex County Council.

Table: There are 857 beds available under the Middlesex County Council scheme for the treatment of tuberculosis in sanatoria, allotted as follows :—

There are 857 beds available under the Middlesex County Council scheme for the treatment of tuberculosis in sanatoria, allotted as follows :—

Observation.Pulmonary tuberculosis.Non-pulmonary tuberculosis.Total.
"Sanatorium " Beds."Hospital " Beds.Disease of Bones & Joints.Other conditions.
Adult Males924862399367
Adult Females7183392620275
Children under 15856111535215
Total2448710218064857

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The total number of cases on the Tuberculosis Register at
the end of 1930 was, 603, an increase of 40 during the year.

Table: Dr. Dobson, the Middlesex Tuberculosis Officer for Hornsey, has kindly supplied the following particulars of Hornsey cases of tuberculosis:—

Dr. Dobson, the Middlesex Tuberculosis Officer for Hornsey, has kindly supplied the following particulars of Hornsey cases of tuberculosis:—

New Tubercular cases91
New non-Tubercular cases118
Undiagnosed cases4
Total213