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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 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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Table: TABLE IICLASSIFICATION OF CASES OF POLIOMYELITIS, 1947 and 1949

TABLE II

CLASSIFICATION OF CASES OF POLIOMYELITIS, 1947 and 1949

19471949
Total number of cases notified or admitted to Hospitals
as suspected cases3150
No. of confirmed cases of poliomyelitis1434
No. of cases of poliomyelitis known to have had paralysis1113
No. who died36
No. of cases diagnosed as benign lymphocytic meningitis7—
No. of cases found to have diseases other than polio
myelitis1016
Rate per 1,000 population of confirmed cases0.140.34
Nursing of confirmed cases
In Hospital1131
At Home33
Deaths
In Hospital25
At Home11

Table: TABLE IIIINCIDENCE BY MONTHS

TABLE III

INCIDENCE BY MONTHS

Month1947 Confirmed Cases Benign Lymphocytic Meningitis1947 Confirmed Cases Poliomyelitis1949 Confirmed Cases Poliomyelitis
January-1-
February---
March-2-
April-1-
May---
June-12
July-116
August-26
September633
October-16
November-11
December11-
TOTALS71434

Table: TABLE IVINCIDENCE BY ELECTORAL WARDS

TABLE IV

INCIDENCE BY ELECTORAL WARDS

Ward1947 Confirmed Cases Benign Lymphocytic Meningitis1947 Confirmed Cases Poliomyelitis1949 Confirmed Cases Poliomyelitis
Highgate--13
Muswell Hill1511
Crouch End-11
Central Hornsey222
North Haringey111
South Haringey122
Stroud Green132
Finsbury Park1-2
TOTALS71434