Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE G—NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 1911-1939.
Year. | Population. Estimated | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria or Croup. | | Typhoid Fever. | Para Typhoid. | § Puerperal Fever. | Puerperal Pyrexia. | Erysipelas. | Cerebro Spinal Meningitis. | Polio-Myelitis. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Pemphigus 1 Neonatorum. | Malaria. | Dysentery. | Encephalitis Lethargica. | Polio Encephalitis. | Pneumonia. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | German Measles. | Total | Attack rate per 1,000 population. |
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1911 | 84,592 (Cens'us) | 179 | 133 | 6 | ... | 2 | ... | 40 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 361 | 4.2 |
1912 | 84,840 | 138 | 88 | 9 | ... | 3 | ... | 39 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 279 | 3.2 |
1313 | 85,122 | 206 | 115 | 10 | ... | 2 | ... | 20 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 359 | 4.2 | |
1914 | 85,456 | 340 | 101 | 9 | ... | 1 | ... | 24 | ... | ... | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | .... | ... | ... | 492 | 5.7 | |
1915 | 85.800 | 182 | 105 | 18 | ... | 5 | ... | 35 | 9 | 3 | l | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 358 | 4.1 |
1916 | 86,147 | 103 | 77 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 6 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 207 | 281 | 726 | 2.7 * | |||
1917 | 80,450 | 132 | 66 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | 28 | 4 | ... | l | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,227 | 881 | 2,344 | 2.7 * | |
1918 | 80.942 | 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 * | |
1920 | 87,410 | 245 | 149 | 6 | ... | 2 | ... | 27 | 1 | 3 | 8 | ... | 10 | 2 | 4 | ... | 98 | ... | Not now notifiable | 555 | 0-3 | ||
1921 | 87,091 (Census) | 591 | 189 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 36 | ... | 2 | 6 | ... | 1 | 1 | 6 | ... | 42 | ... | 878 | 101 | |||
1922 | 88,007 | 286 | 123 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 24 | ... | ... | 10 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 104 | ... | 552 | 62 | |||
1923 | 88,835 | 126 | 133 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 24 | 2 | ... | 6 | ... | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | 75 | ... | 373 | 4.2 | |||
1924 | 88,601 | 215 | 40 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 26 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 11 | ... | 61 | ... | 359 | 4.0 | |||
1925 | 89.004 | 126 | 53 | 10 | ... | 1 | ... | 26 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ... | 1 | 1 | 7 | ... | 60 | ... | 293 | 3.3 | |||
1920 | 89,850 | 140 | 116 | 4 | ... | 4 | 6 | 22 | ... | 2 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 56 | ... | 364 | 40 | |||
1927 | 90,000 | 179 | 92 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 34 | 2 | 8 | 5 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 89 | ... | 427 | 4.7 | |||
192s | 90,250 | 328 | 104 | 4 | ... | 3 | 22 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 94 | ... | 593 | 6.5 | |||
1929 | 90,500 | 249 | 129 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 163 | ... | 599 | 6.6 | |||
1930 | 88.450 (R.-Gen.s Estimatel | 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 Estimate) | 123 | 70 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 52 | 5 | 308 | 3.2 | |||
1931 | 90,070 | 241 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 46 | ... | 2 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 57 | 416 | 4.3 | ||||
1931 | 95.306 | 283 | 63 | 1 | ... | 4 | 14 | 36 | ... | 3 | 10 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 41 | ... | 456 | 4.7 | |||
1935 | 95,330 | 245 | 83 | 1 | ... | 2 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 44 | ... | 420 | 4.4 | |||
1936 | 96,160 | 158 | 58 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 39 | 1 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 58 | ... | 341 | 3.5 | |||
1937 | 96,520 | 137 | 105 | 1 | 1 | §3 | 10 | 44 | 1 | ... | 5 | 1 | ... | 10 | ... | ... | 80 | ... | 398 | 4.1 | |||
1938 | 96,680 | 142 | 116 | 2 | 1 | ... | 26 | 48 | 1 | ... | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | 50 | ... | 397 | 4.1 | |||
1939 | 90,780 | 162 | 62 | 1 | ... | ... | 15 | 30 | 5 | ... | 7 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 64 | ... | 5 | 3 | 356 | 3.8 |