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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE F.-INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED, 1935.
| DISEASE | W A R D S . | AGES | Total | Admitted to Joint Hospital. | Admitted to other Hospitals. | In Nursing Home. | Nursed at Home. | 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 | |||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 24 | ' 57 | 22 | 49 | 26 | 9 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 36 | 136 | 34 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 245 | 178 | 19 | 0 | 48 | 0 |
| Diphtheria | 5 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 55 | 6 | 4 | 0 | o | 83 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Typhoid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 44 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 35 | 66 |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Puerperal Fever | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | - | 2 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | _ | — | — | 2 | 7 | — | — | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | - | - | - | - | — | — | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Poliomyelitis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dysentery | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tuberculosis: | 37 | 85 | 39 | 76 | 57 | 37 | 39 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 62 | 197 | 50 | 57 | 31 | 13 | 420 | 265 | 48 | 2 | 105 | |
| Pulmonary | 24 | IS | 4 | IS | 15 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 54 | 23 | 3 | 120 | |||||
| NonPulmonary | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 21 | |||||
| Total | 64 | 105 | 43 | 95 | 73 | 56 | 48 | 41 | 36 | 10 | 70 | 208 | 85 | 115 | 56 | 17 | 561 | |||||
| Admitted to Joint Isol. | 21 | 50 | 20 | 64 | 38 | 16 | 26 | 16 | 14 | |||||||||||||
| Hospital Other Hptls | 5 | 5 | 5 | S | 7 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Nursing Homes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Nursed at Home | 11 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||
Excluding T.B.
Note.-The following 38 cases were also admitted to the Isolation Hospital in addition to the above: 9 Tonsillitis, 6 Local Sepsis, 4 Whooping cough
and Pneumonia, 2 Colic, 2 Measles, 2 Whooping Cough, 1 Abscess, 1 Chicken Pox, 1 Ecthyma, 1 Gastritis, 1 Influenza, 1 Mumps, 1 Peristitis,
1 Quinsy, 1 Rheumatism, 1 Sprained ankle, 1 Ulcer and 2 for Observation.