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Hornsey 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE F—INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED, 1940.
| DISEASE | WARDS | AGES | Admitted to Joint Hospital. | Admitted to other Hospitals. | In Nursing Home. | Nursed at Home. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highgate | Muswell Hill. | Crouch End | Central 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 | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 35 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 48 | I | 0 | 10 |
| Diphtheria | 5 | 24 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 63 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 4 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 63 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 49 |
| Erysipelas | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cerebrospinal Meningitis | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Dysentery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Measles | 9 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 42 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 74 |
| Whooping Cough | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
| 34 | 83 | 817 | 72 | 41 | 49 | 32 | 25 | 9 | 72 | 115 | 40 | 58 | 43 | 16 | 353 | 128 | 42 | 0 | 183 | |
| Pulmonary | 19 | 30 | 8 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 84 | 20 | 5 | 140 | ||||
| Non-Pulmonary | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 18 | ||||
| Total | 57 | 116 | 27 | 99 | 60 | 59 | 58 | 35 | 9 | 76 | 121 | 69 | 150 | 64 | 22 | 511 | ||||
| Admitted to Joint Isol. Hospital | 12 | 40 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Other Hptls. | 6 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Nursing | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Homes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Nursed at | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Home | 16 | 40 | 10 | 42 | 18 | 27 | 19 | 11 | ||||||||||||
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The following 65 cases were treated in the Isolation Hospital in addition to the above :—German measles 22, Influenzal cold 1, Influenza and
laryngitis 3, Influenza 8, Laryngeal stridulous 1, Mumps 1, Infestation 1, Disseminated sclerosis 1, Intestinal toxaemia 1, Appendicitis 1, Suppurating
m'i'imwi 1 ■ nViVi^ 1 ' Gftstro - * n a \ upset 2. Toxin rash 2, Sprain of ankle 1. Tonsillitis 3. Gonoirhcea 1. Scabies 1. Skin