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Hornsey 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE E.
BIRTHS, DEATHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND DEATHS FROM CERTAIN DISEASES, 1911-1939.
| DISEASE | WARDS | AGES | Total | Admitted to Joint Hospital | Admitted to otherHospitals | In Nursinl Home. | ' Nursed at Home. | Registered Deaths | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highgate | Muswell Hill. | Crouch End | Central Hornsey | North Haringey | South Haringey | Stroud Green | Finsbury Park. | 0— l | 1-5 | 5— 15 | 15— 25 | 25— 45 | 45— 65 | 65 and over | |||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 13 | 21 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 0 | 23 | 115 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 162 | 124 | 12 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| Diphtheria | 2 | 16 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | o | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 6 | 12 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 64 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 39 | 51 |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Pemphigus Neonatorum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cerebrospinal Meningitis | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Dysentery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Measles | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Whooping Cough | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 30 | 61 | 15 | 62 | 31 | 23 | 73 | 61 | 10 | 46 | 165 | 30 | 51 | 37 | 17 | 356 | 197 | 61 | 2 | 96 | 60 | |
| Tuberculosis : Pulmonary | 19 | 20 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 52 | 23 | 5 | 126 | |||||
| Nor-Pulmonary | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||
| TOTAL | 51 | 84 | 22 | 90 | 51 | 36 | 95 | 71 | 10 | 49 | 174 | 76 | 109 | 60 | 22 | 500 | |||||
| Admitted to Joint Isol. | 9 | 35 | 9 | 32 | 14 | 12 | 40 | 46 | |||||||||||||
| Hospital Other Hptls | 14 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Nursing Homes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Nursed at Home | 5 | 18 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 23 | 8 | |||||||||||||
The following 50 cases were treated in the Isolation Hospital in addition to the above:—Mumps 2, 1 Enteric fever found to be T.B., Whooping
cough and pneumonia 4, Whooping cough 3, Whooping cough and Gastro-enteritis 1, Whooping cough, laryngitis and bronchitis 1, Scabies 3.
Chicken-pox 1, German measles 8, Pneumonia and Otitis media 1, Mastoiditis 1, Disseminated sclerosis 1, Herpes ophthalmicus 1, Vincent's
Angina 1, Pyelitis 1, Follicular tonsillitis 10, Toxic rash 1. Furuncle 1, Cold 4, Reaction to immunisation 1, Dietetic upset 1, Gastritis 1, Headache
due to constipation 1.
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Excluding T.B.