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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hornsey 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE E.—INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED, 1942.
| DISEASE | WARDS | AGES | Total | Admitted to Joint Hospital. | Admitted to other Hospitals. | Nursed at Home. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highgate | Muswell Hill. | Crouch End | Central Hornsey | North Haringey | South Haringey | Stroud Green | Finshury Park. | 0— 1 | 1— 5 | 5— 15 | 15— 25 | 25— 45 | 45— 65 | 65 and over | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | 25 | 37 | 10 | 40 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 101 | 4 | 9 | 0 | o | 151 | 108 | 3 | 40 |
| Diphtheria | 4 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 3 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 56 | 1 | 6 | 49 |
| Erysipelas | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| Dysentery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Measles | 60 | 41 | 12 | 53 | 41 | 31 | 34 | 19 | 15 | 93 | 177 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 291 | 4 | 7 | 280 |
| Whooping Cough | 8 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 47 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 86 | 7 | 2 | 77 |
| Whooping Cough and Otitis Media | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Measles and Bronchitis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Measles and Pneumonia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Whooping Cough and Bronchitis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Whooping Cough and Pneumonia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Whooping Cough, Measles and Pneumonia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 111 | 126 | 41 | 149 | 70 | 60 | 82 | 37 | 33 | 195 | 334 | 25 | 45 | 29 | 15 | 676 | 167 | 39 | 470 | |
| Tuberculosis : | |||||||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 24 | 27 | 13 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 64 | 23 | 7 | 151 | |||
| Non-Pulmonary | 4 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 38 | |||
| Total | 139 | 160 | 55 | 181 | 94 | 70 | 115 | 51 | 34 | 204 | 353 | 77 | 122 | 53 | 22 | 865 | |||