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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INFECTIOUS DISEASES—NURSING OF CASES
Removed to Hospital Locally | Removed to Hospital outside this district | Nursed at home | TOTALS | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 66 | 4 | 39 | 109 |
Whooping Cough | 4 | 2 | 92 | 98 |
Ac. Poliomyelitis | 22 | 7 | 3 | 32 |
Ac. Polioencephalitis | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
Measles | 17 | 5 | 675 | 697 |
Diphtheria | 2 | - | - | 2 |
Ac. Pneumonia | 2 | 18 | 46 | 66 |
Dysentery | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
Ac. Encephalitis Lethargica | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Enteric or Typl oid Fever | 1 | 2 | - | 3 |
Paratyphoid Feveis | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 12 | 14 |
Food Poisoning | - | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis ... | 1 | - | - | 1 |
TOTALS | 118 | 45 | 875 | 1,038 |
NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE BY WARDS
Highgate | Muswell Hill | Crouch End | Central Hornsey | North Haringey | South Haringey | Stroud Green | Finsbury Park | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 17 | 24 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 5 |
Whooping Cough | 9 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 18 | 9 |
Ac Poliomyelitis | 12 | 11 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Ac. Polioencephalitis | 1 | - | 1 | |||||
Measles | 148 | 124 | 45 | 59 | 68 | 78 | 101 | 74 |
Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Ac. Pneumonia | 9 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 5 |
Dysentery | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Ac. Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Enteric or Typhoid Fever | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Paratyphoid Fevers | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Erysipelas | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | 3 | - |
Food Poisoning | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | - | - | 1 | |||||
TOTALS | 200 | 180 | 65 | 101 | 118 | 118 | 158 | 98 |