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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE BY WARDS
| Highgate | Muswell Hill | Crouch End | Central Hornsey | North Haringey | South Haringey | Stroud Green | Finsbury Park | Totats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 12 | 18 | 13 | 22 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 130 |
| Whooping cough | 20 | 30 | 21 | 65 | 19 | 8 | 90 | 79 | 332 |
| Acute poliomyelitis Paralytic | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| Non-paralytic | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Measles | 172 | 217 | 75 | 209 | 72 | 40 | 202 | 173 | 1,160 |
| Acute pneumonia | 3 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 89 |
| Dysentery | 36 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 120 |
| Erysipelas | . | . | . | 6 | 4 | . | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 3 |
| Food poisoning | 2 | . | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 18 | |
| Typhoid fever | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 |
| Paratyphoid fevers | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 |
| TOTALS | 251 | 294 | 134 | 353 | 159 | 81 | 338 | 284 | 1,894 |