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Hornsey 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE E.—INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED 1930.
| DISEASE | WARDS. | AGES | Total | Admitted to Joint Hospital. | Admitted to other Hospitals. | Registered Deaths | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highgate | Muswell Hill. | Crouch End | West Hornsey | Bast Hornsey | North Haringey | South Haringey | Stroud Green | Finsbury Park. | 0— 1 | 1— 5 | 5— 15 | 15— 25 | 25— 45 | 45— 65 | 65 and over | |||||
| Small Pox | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 | — | 1 | _ | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 | - | 3 | 0 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 37 | 72 | 24 | 69 | 46 | 35 | 33 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 59 | 215 | 42 | 22 | 6 | — | 346 | 275 | 4 | 2 |
| Diphtheria | 4 | 22 | 10 | 27 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 72 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 115 | 105 | 3 | 4 |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Para Typhoid | 1 | o | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Erysipelas | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| Ophth. Neon. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pneumonia | 8 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 61 | 5 | 8 | 77 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pvrexia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cerebro spinal Meningitis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 |
| 63 | 112 | 43 | 113 | 88 | 55 | 43 | 37 | 38 | 8 | 91 | 299 | 68 | 71 | 40 | 15 | 592 | 408 | 39 | ||
| Tuberculosis: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 16 | 21 | 7 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 13 | — | — | 1 | 30 | 66 | 30 | 6 | 133 | 56 | ||
| Non-Pulmonary | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | — | 3 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | — | 20 | 7 | ||
| Total | 80 | 135 | 50 | 140 | 106 | 68 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 8 | 94 | 307 | 101 | 142 | 72 | 21 | 745 | |||
| Admitted to Joint Isol. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hospital | 37 | 76 | 28 | 87 | 68 | 35 | 31 | 22 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Other Hptls. (except T.B.) | 10 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||
Note.— The following 51 cases were also admitted to the Isolation Hospital iu addition to the above, making a total of 459:—4 found not to be diphtheria,
6 measles, 1 measles and mastoid, 4 whooping cough, 1 chicken pox, 1 influenza, 2 after tonsillectomy, 11 tonsillitis, 3 cellulitis, 1 gastroenteritis,
1 gastritis, 1 colic, 1 stomatitis, 1 pyrexia, 6 sepsis, 3 injuries, 4 for observation.