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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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| Highgate | Muswell Hill | Crouch End | Central Hornsey | North Haringey | South Haringey | Stroud Green | Finsbury Park | Totals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever | 6 | 22 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 78 |
| Whooping cough | 10 | 20 | 1 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 26 | 5 | 106 |
| Acute poliomyelitis | |||||||||
| Paralytic | 2 | . | 3 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 7 |
| Non-paralytic | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Measles | 178 | 217 | 126 | 190 | 74 | 36 | 235 | 50 | 1,106 |
| Acute pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 57 |
| Dysentery | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | . | . | 4 | 4 | 25 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| Food poisoning | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | . | 1 | 1 | . | 7 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | . | 7 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Typhoid fever | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| TOTALS | 202 | 271 | 150 | 262 | 117 | 46 | 290 | 70 | 1,408 |