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Hornsey 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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32
VACCINATION.
The Public Vaccinators inform me that they have performed
vaccination of persons in the Borough during 1933 as follows:—
Dr. E. Buckler 75
Dr. T. E. Pearman 208
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
Seven cases of ophthalmia neonatorum were notified. Four were treated in St. Margaret's (L.C.C.) Hospital, Kentish Town, one in a nursing-home and two were nursed at home.
| Cases | Vision unimpaired. | Vision impaired. | Total blindness. | Deaths. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified. | Treated | |||||
| At home. | In hospital or nursing home. | |||||
| 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TUBERCULOSIS.
Sanatorium provision for all forms of Tuberculosis in
Hornsey is made by the Middlesex County Council.
There are 539 beds available solely for Middlesex under the Middlesex County Council scheme for the treatment of Tuberculosis in sanatoria, allotted as follows:—
| Accommodation. | TYPE OF CASE. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults | Child'n | |||
| M. | F. | |||
| 56 | ||||
| — | — | |||
| 66 | — | |||
| — | — | |||
| — | — | 6 | ||