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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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| High gate | Muswell Hill | Crouch End | Central Hornsey | North Haringey | South Haringey | Stroud Green | Finsbury Park | Totals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever | 20 | 25 | 10 | 32 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 157 |
| Whooping cough | 18 | 52 | 14 | 47 | 47 | 11 | 52 | 28 | 269 |
| Paralytic | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 |
| Non-paralytic | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Measles | 122 | 290 | 144 | 197 | 108 | 72 | 269 | 143 | 1,345 |
| Acute pneumonia | 5 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 85 |
| Dysentery | 13 | 23 | 16 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 22 | 11 | 132 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | - | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| Meningococcal infection | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Food poisoning | 5 | 2 | - | 1 | 4 | - | 2 | - | 14 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| Typhoid fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Paratyphoid fevers | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| TOTALS | 188 | 406 | 193 | 318 | 224 | 121 | 388 | 207 | 2,045 |