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Hornsey 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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VACCINATION.
The Public Vaccinators inform me that they performed
vaccination of persons in the Borough during 1940 as follows:—
Dr. E. Buckler .115
Dr. B. Mackay220
PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS.
(PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1925, SECTION 66.)
Two cases of ophthalmia neonatorum were notified, both
cases being nursed at home.
There was no case of blindness resulting from this infection.
There was no case of blindness resulting from this infection.
| Causes | Vision unimpaired. | Vision impaired. | Total blindness. | Deaths. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified. | Treated. | |||||
| At home. | In hospital or nursing home. | |||||
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TUBERCULOSIS.
PUBLIC HEALTH (PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS)
BEGULATIONS.
No occasion has arisen in the course of the year to put these
powers into action.
There were 596 beds available solely for Middlesex under the Middlesex County Council's scheme for the treatment of Tuberculosis in sanatoria, namely:—
| Institution | Accommodation | Type of Case | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults | Children | |||
| M | F | |||
| County Sanatorium, | 108 | 108 | 68 | Pulmonary—sanatorium |
| Harefield | 4 | 4 | 10 | ,,observation |
| County Sanatorium, Clare Hall | 170 | 74 | — | ,,sanatorium |
| Danesbury Manor, Welwyu | — | 38 | 6 | ,, |
| Victoria Home, Widdicombe, Devon | — | — | 6 | Non-pulmonary |