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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE F.—NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE, 1909-1930.
| Year. | Population. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria or Croup. | Enteric Fever. | Para Typhoid. | Puerperal Fever. | Puerperal Pyrexia. | Erysipelas. | Cerebral Spinal Meningitis. | Polio-Myelitis. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Malaria. | Dysentery. | Encephalitis Lethargica. | Polio-Encephalitis. | Pneumonia. | Small-pox. | Measles. | German Measles. | Total | Attack rate per 1,000 population. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 | 82,378 | 221 | 151 | 4 | — | 1 | — | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 414 | 5.0 |
| 1910 | 83,401 | 173 | 105 | 10 | — | 1 | _ | 30 | _ | _ | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 319 | 3.8 |
| 1911 | 84,592 | 179 | 133 | 6 | — | 2 | _ | 40 | _ | — | _ | _ | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 361 | 4.2 |
| 1912 | 84,840 | 138 | 88 | 9 | _ | 3 | _ | 39 | 1 | 1 | — | 279 | 3.2 | ||||||||
| 1913 | 85,122 | 206 | 115 | 10 | _ | 2 | _ | 26 | __ | — | — | _ | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | 359 | 4.2 |
| 1914 | 85,456 | 346 | 101 | 9 | — | 1 | _ | 24 | _ | _ | 11 | _ | — | — | .— | — | — | — | — | 492 | 5.7 |
| 1915 | 85,800 | 182 | 105 | 18 | _ | 5 | _ | 35 | 9 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 358 | 4.1 |
| 1916 | 86,147 | 103 | 77 | 8 | _ | 1 | _ | 32 | 2 | 6 | 9 | _ | — | — | — | — | 207 | 281 | 726 | 2.7 * | |
| 1917 | 86,450 | 132 | 66 | 4 | _ | 1 | _ | 28 | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | — | _ | — | — | 1,227 | 881 | 2,344 | 2.7 * |
| 1918 | 86,942 | 89 | 67 | 8 | — | 2 | _ | 23 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 796 | 119 | 1,110 | 2.3 * |
| 1919 | 87,100 | 203 | 87 | 6 | — | 4 | _ | 42 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 5 | — | 112 | — | 224 | 285 | 1,001 | 5.7 * |
| not now notifiable | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1920 | 87,410 | 245 | 149 | 6 | — | 2 | _ | 27 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | — | 98 | — | — | — | 555 | 6.3 |
| 1921 | 87,691 | 591 | 189 | 2 | _ | 2 | _ | 36 | _ | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | — | 42 | — | - | — | 878 | 10.1 |
| 1922 | 88,007 | 286 | 123 | 1 | — | 2 | _ | 24 | _ | _ | 10 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 104 | — | — | — | 552 | 6.2 |
| 1923 | 88,325 | 126 | 133 | 1 | — | _ | _ | 24 | 2 | _ | 6 | 4 | — | 2 | — | 75 | — | — | — | 373 | 4.2 |
| 1924 | 88,661 | 215 | 40 | 3 | — | 1 | _ | 26 | _ | 1 | 1 | — | — | 11 | — | 61 | — | — | — | 359 | 4.0 |
| 1925 | 89,064 | 126 | 53 | 10 | — | 1 | _ | 26 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | — | 60 | — | — | — | 293 | 3.3 |
| 1926 | 89,850 | 140 | 116 | 4 | — | 4 | 6 | 22 | _ | 2 | 8 | — | — | 6 | 56 | — | — | — | 364 | 4.0 | |
| 1927 | 90,000 | 179 | 92 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 89 | — | — | — | 427 | 4.7 |
| 1928 | 90,250 | 328 | 104 | 4 | — | 3 | 22 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 94 | — | — | — | 593 | |
| 1929 | 89,450 | 249 | 129 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 163 | — | — | — | 599 | 6.6 |
| 1930 | 89,450 R.-Gen.'s Estimate | 346 | 115 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 61 | 3 | — | 592 | 6.6 | |
* Excluding measles and German measles.