London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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| AGE | Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough | Ac. Poliomyelitis | Measles | Diphtheria | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0-1 | — | 1 | 14 | 10 | — | — | 14 | 10 | — | — |
| 1-3 | 10 | 5 | 38 | 31 | 1 | — | 113 | 98 | — | — |
| 3-5 | 21 | 23 | 44 | 37 | — | — | 117 | III | — | — |
| 5-1o | 54 | 39 | 27 | 32 | — | — | 200 | 164 | — | — |
| 10-15 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 8 | 9 | 2 | — |
| 15-25 | 9 | 8 | — | 2 | — | — | 4 | 6 | — | — |
| 25— | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| Age unknown | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| TOTALS | 104 | 92 | 126 | 119 | 3 | 1 | 457 | 402 | 2 | — |
| 196 | 245 | 4 | 859 | 2 | ||||||
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Corrected Notifications during 1948 (By Age and Sex)
| AGE | Ac. Pneumonia | Dysentery | Erysipelas | Cerebro Spinal Fever | Puerperal Pyrexia | Ophthalmia | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0-5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| 5-15 | 3 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15-45 | 4 | 7 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | I | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| 45-65 | 6 | 9 | — | — | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 65 | 5 | 4 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Age unknown | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| TOTALS | 26 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 52 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | |||||||