[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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The specimens examined in the laboratory at the Isolation Hospital during 1936 were as follows: —

	Negative.	Positive.

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The following is a statement of the infectious diseases nursed during the year by the Queen's District Nurses: —

NAME OP DISEASE.	No. of New-Cases.	No. of Visits.	No. Convalescent.	No. sent to Hospital.	No. Died at Home.

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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CENTRES TIME TABLE.

Centre.	Conditions of Tenancy.	District Served.	Sessions and Doctor		Health Visitor.
Centre.	Conditions of Tenancy.	District Served.	Ante-natal.	Children,	Health Visitor.

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The following is a record for the year of the Dental Clinic for Mothers and Children

	Mothers.	Children.

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The numbers on the register at present are classified as follows:—

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Collecting and disinfecting library books: —

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The following tables give in detail the result of the survey:—

WARD. (See note on page 43).	Number of Families.
WARD. (See note on page 43).	Enumerated.	Uncrowded.	Overcrowded.	For Review within 2 years, i.e. to April, 1938.

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During the year 1936 83 families, representing 397 persons, were re-housed as follows:—

	Families.	Persons.

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Wightnian Road	Families.	Persons.

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The number of these inspections is as follows:—

Ward.	Road.

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During the year licences under the old designations were in force as follows:—

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Statistics of Slaughtering, 1926-1936.

Year.	Beasts.	Sheep.	Swine	Calves.	Total.

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Mr. R. Robinson, Chief Officer of the Public Control Department of the Middlesex County Council, has kindly supplied tne with the following information regarding samples of food taken during the year in the Borough: —

Article.	Samples.	Adulterated.

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Article.	Samples.	Adulterated

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The following statement shows the number of injections and the number of completed cases, i.e., receiving three injections each, at the end of the year.

	Total injections.	Completed Cases.

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Six cases of ophthalmia neonatorum were notified. Four were treated in St. Margaret's (L.C.C.) Hospital and two were nursed at home. One of these cases was still in hospital at the end of the year, but has since been discharged with vision unimpaired.

Cases			Vision unimpaired.	Vision impaired.	Total blindness.	Deaths.
Notified.	Treated
Notified.	At home.	In hospital or nursing home.

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TABLE A. BOROUGH OP HORNSEY VITAL STATISTICS, 1911.1936.

Year.	Estimated Mid.Year Population.	Birth Kate per 1,000 Population.	Death Kate per 1,000 Population.	Infant Mortality per 1,000 live Births.

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Table B.CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT DEATH 1935 (NEW CLASSIFICATION).

		Total.	All Ages.		0-1		1-2		2-5		5-15		15-25		25-35		35-45		45-55		55-65		65-75		75 & over
		Total.	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F

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TABLE C.—CAUSES OP, AND AGES AT, DEATH, 1931.1935 (NEW CLASSIFICATION)

	All Ages 1931		All Ages 1932		All Ages 1933		All Ages 1934		All Ages 1935
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F

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TABLE D.—INFANT MORTALITY, 1936.

CAUSES OF DEATH.	Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.									Total Deaths under One Year.
CAUSES OF DEATH.	Under 1 Week.	1-2 Weeks.	2-3 Weeks.	3-4 Weeks.	Total under 4 Weeks.	1-3 Months.	3-6 Months.	6-9 Months.	9-12 Months.	Total Deaths under One Year.

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TABLE I-E. BIRTHS. DEATHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND DEATHS FROM CERTAIN DISEASES. 1901-1930

YEAR.	Population Census.	Total Live Births	Total Still Births	Total Deaths	Total Infant Deaths (under one year)	Deaths from Measles	Deaths from Whooping Cough	Deathsfrom Diarrhoea (under two years)	Deaths from Scarlet Fever	Deaths from Diphtheria	Deaths from Typhoid Fever.	Deaths from Cancer.	Deaths from Tuber culosis (Pulmonary.	Deaths from Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary)

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TABLE F.-INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED. 1936

DISEASE	High gate	Muswell Bill.	WARDS (see notes on page 43.							AGES							Total	Admitted to Joint Hospital.	Admitted to other Hospitals.	In Nursing Home.	Nursed at Home.	Registered Deaths.
DISEASE	High gate	Muswell Bill.	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	Total	Admitted to Joint Hospital.	Admitted to other Hospitals.	In Nursing Home.	Nursed at Home.	Registered Deaths.

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TABLE G.-NOTIFXCATIONS Of' INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 1B11.1B3G

Year.	Population. Estimated	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheriaor Croup.	Typhoid Fever.	Para Typhoid.	1 Puerperal Fever	Puerperal Pyrexis.	Erysipelas.	, Cerebro 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.

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TABLE H.-(1) NOTIFICATION OF. AND DEATHS FROM. TUBERCULOSIS, 1936.

AGE PERIODS.	New Cases.				Deaths
	Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary		Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F

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TABLE H.-(2) TUBERCULOSIS REGISTER. 1936

	Pulmonary.		Non-Pulmonary.		Total.
	Male.	Female.	Male.	Female.	Male.	Female.

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Cases removed from the Register shown under (c) are accounted for as follows:-

Found not to be T.B		Cured.		Removed to another area.		Died at Home.		Died at Sanatorium or other Institution.		Cases closed by T.B.O.		Total*.
M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F

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TABLE I. MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE WORK, 1936.

Nature of Work.	Centres.
Nature of Work.	No. 1.		No. 2.		No. 3 and Sub-Centre.		Totals.

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RECORD OP WORK OF MUNICIPAL MIDWIFE, 1936.

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TABLE J.—FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES. The following Is a summary of the result of inspections made at Factories, Workshops and Workplaces during the year, with a list of Outworkers' premises, a copy of which has been forwarded to the Home Office, as required. None of the Outworkers premises was found to be in an unwholesome condition.

Premises. (1)		Number of
Premises. (1)		Inspections. (2)			Written Notices. (3)		Prosecutions. (4)

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TABLE J.— ( contd.).

Nature of Work. (1)	Premises.	Outworkers.	Instances.	Notices served.	Prosecutions.

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School Medical Service Scheme of Treatment.

Condition treated.	Where treated.	By whom.	When.

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TABLE I. RETURN OF MEDICAL INSPECTIONS, 1936, ATTENDING PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS (see note a). (a)—Routine Medical Inspections.

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TABLE II. (A) RETURN OP DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION IN THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1936.

	Routine Inspections.		Special Inspections
	No. of Defects.		No, of Defects.
	Requiring treatment.	Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment.	Requiring treatment.	Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment.
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)

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TABLE II (continued.). (B) CLASSIFICATION OF THE NUTRITION OF CHILDREN INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR IN THE ROUTINE AGE GROUPS. (See Administrative Memorandum No. 124, dated 31st December, 1934.)

AGE GROUPS	Number of Children Inspected.	A (Excellent)		B (Normal)		c (Slightly sub-normal		D (Bad)

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Particulars relating to these children should be entered in the return of notified children-Form 307 M.

At Certified Schools for Mentally Defective Children.	At Public Elementary Schools.	At other Institutions.	At no School or Institution.	Total.

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treatment table. (see note a). Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanllness, for which see Group VI.).

DISEASE OR DEFECT.	Number of Defects treated or under treatment during the year.
DISEASE OR DEFECT.	Under the Authority's Scheme (see note b).	Otherwise.	Total.
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)

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TABLE TV. (continued.) Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Aliments—Group I.).

	Number of Defects dealt with
	Under the Authority's Scheme (see note b)	Otherwise.	Total.

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G roup III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.

Number of Defects.
Received Operative Treatment.			Received other forms of Treatment.	Total number treated.
Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital (see note b).	By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme.	Total.	Received other forms of Treatment.	Total number treated.
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)

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TABLE VII. LIST OF SCHOOLS IN THE BOROUGH.

School.	Department.	Authorized accommodation.	Average No. on the Rolls for qr. ended 31/12/36.	Head Teacher.

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The following table gives a summary of the conditions treated and the results obtained:—

	Total (Ears).	Cured.	Lost Sight of.	Still under treatment.	Hospital.

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The specimens examined in the laboratory at the Isolation Hospital during 1936 were as follows: —

The following is a statement of the infectious diseases nursed during the year by the Queen's District Nurses: —

MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CENTRES TIME TABLE.

The following is a record for the year of the Dental Clinic for Mothers and Children

The numbers on the register at present are classified as follows:—

Collecting and disinfecting library books: —

The following tables give in detail the result of the survey:—

During the year 1936 83 families, representing 397 persons, were re-housed as follows:—

The number of these inspections is as follows:—

During the year licences under the old designations were in force as follows:—

Statistics of Slaughtering, 1926-1936.

Mr. R. Robinson, Chief Officer of the Public Control Department of the Middlesex County Council, has kindly supplied tne with the following information regarding samples of food taken during the year in the Borough: —

Continued from previous page...

The following statement shows the number of injections and the number of completed cases, i.e., receiving three injections each, at the end of the year.

Six cases of ophthalmia neonatorum were notified. Four were treated in St. Margaret's (L.C.C.) Hospital and two were nursed at home. One of these cases was still in hospital at the end of the year, but has since been discharged with vision unimpaired.

TABLE A. BOROUGH OP HORNSEY VITAL STATISTICS, 1911.1936.

Table B.CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT DEATH 1935 (NEW CLASSIFICATION).

TABLE C.—CAUSES OP, AND AGES AT, DEATH, 1931.1935 (NEW CLASSIFICATION)

TABLE D.—INFANT MORTALITY, 1936.

TABLE I-E. BIRTHS. DEATHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND DEATHS FROM CERTAIN DISEASES. 1901-1930

TABLE F.-INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED. 1936

TABLE G.-NOTIFXCATIONS Of' INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 1B11.1B3G

TABLE H.-(1) NOTIFICATION OF. AND DEATHS FROM. TUBERCULOSIS, 1936.

TABLE H.-(2) TUBERCULOSIS REGISTER. 1936

Cases removed from the Register shown under (c) are accounted for as follows:-

TABLE I. MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE WORK, 1936.

RECORD OP WORK OF MUNICIPAL MIDWIFE, 1936.

TABLE J.— ( contd.).

School Medical Service Scheme of Treatment.

TABLE I. RETURN OF MEDICAL INSPECTIONS, 1936, ATTENDING PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS (see note a). (a)—Routine Medical Inspections.

TABLE II. (A) RETURN OP DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION IN THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1936.

TABLE II (continued.). (B) CLASSIFICATION OF THE NUTRITION OF CHILDREN INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR IN THE ROUTINE AGE GROUPS. (See Administrative Memorandum No. 124, dated 31st December, 1934.)

Particulars relating to these children should be entered in the return of notified children-Form 307 M.

treatment table. (see note a). Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanllness, for which see Group VI.).

TABLE TV. (continued.) Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Aliments—Group I.).

G roup III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.

TABLE VII. LIST OF SCHOOLS IN THE BOROUGH.

The following table gives a summary of the conditions treated and the results obtained:—