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Hornsey 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE F.-INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED, 1931.
| DISEASE | WARDS | ACES | Total | Admitted to Joint Hospital. | Admitted to other Hospitals. | Nursed at Home. | Registered Deaths | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highgate | Muswell Hill. | Crouch End | West Hornsey | East Hornsey | North Haringey | South Haringey | Stroud Green | Finsbury Park. | 0— 1 | 1— 5 | 5— 15 | 15— 25 | 25— 45 | 45— 65 | 65 and over | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 43 | 53 | 26 | 42 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 37 | 139 | 43 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 247 | 198 | 4 | 45 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 10 | 26 | 14 | 34 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 78 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 116 | 106 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
| Para Typhoid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 0 |
| Ophth. Neon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | o | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Pneumonia | 6 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 86 | 2 | 26 | 58 | 88 |
| Pueiperal Fever | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Poliomyelitis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Malaria emphigus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Neonatorum | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | 102 | 53 | 94 | 70 | 33 | 21 | 34 | 31 | 13 | 58 | 224 | 78 | 76 | 38 | 19 | 506 | |||||
| Tuberculosis | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 11 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 57 | 23 | 5 | 111 | 53 | |||
| NonPulmon ary | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 5 | |||
| Total . | 82 | 119 | 58 | 107 | 91 | 55 | 33 | 48 | 42 | 13 | 60 | 227 | 107 | 138 | 65 | 25 | 635 | 323 | 56 | 127 | |
| Admitted to Joint Isol. Hospital | 40 | 71 | 32 | 73 | 50 | 14 | 6 | 21 | 16 | ||||||||||||
| Other Hptls (except T.B.) | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||
Note.—The following 41 oases were also admitted to the Isolation Hospital iu addition to the above, making a total of 547:—6 tonsillitis, 6 sepsis, 3 measles,
2 influenza, 2 mumps, 2 rheumatism, 2 gastritis, 2 conjunctivitis, 1 chicken pox, 1 whooping cough, 1 mastoids 1 glandular fever, 1 qoinsieB,
1 appendicitis, 1 cellulitis, 1 colitis, 1 impetigo, 1 lymphangitis, 1 paratitis, 1 post pharyngeal abscess, 1 synovitis, 1 found not to be para-typhoid
fever, 1 found not to be diphtheria and 1 for observation. Of these 41 cases 27 were members of the hospital staff.