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Hornsey 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE G.-NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE, 1909-1932.
| 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 Encepha itis. | 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 | - | I | - | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 319 | 3. |
| 1911 | 84,592 | 179 | 133 | 6 | - | 2 | - | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 361 | 4. |
| 1912 | 84,840 | 138 | 88 | 9 | - | 3 | - | 39 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 279 | 3.2 |
| 1913 | 85,122 | 206 | 115 | 10 | - | 2 | - | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 359 | 4. |
| 1914 | 85,456 | 346 | 101 | 9 | - | 1 | - | 24 | - | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 492 | 5. |
| 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,227 | 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 | 133 | 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 | 6.5 | ||
| 1929 | 88,450 | 249 | 129 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 163 | - | 599 | 6.6 | ||
| 1930 | 88,450 'R.-Gen.'s Estimate | 346 | 115 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 61 | 3 | 592 | 6.6 | ||
| 1931 | 95,524 (Census) | 247 | 116 | - | 1 | 7 | 9 | 32 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 86 | - | 505 | 5.3 | ||
| 1932 | 96,990 R.-Gen.'s Estimste) | 123 | 70 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 52 | 5 | 308 | 3.2 | ||
| * Excluding Measles and German Measles. | |||||||||||||||||||||