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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 1898

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

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ten half-pound tins of such condensed separated milk are required to
make up as much fat as should be contained in one pint of good new
milk.
The use of such milk should be absolutely condemned, but it is
cheap, and therefore likely to be used in the poorer parts of the
District unless [intending buyers are warned in time as to its comparative
worthlessness.

Table: The deaths from diseases other than zymotic are as follows:—

The deaths from diseases other than zymotic are as follows:—

1892189318941895189618971898.
From Pulmonary Consumption28354043304336
„ Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and other Pulmonary Diseases1181398710596100121
„ Brain Diseases63696850584769
„ Heart „46614064685652
„ Rheumatism1544315
„ Ague-------
„ Puerperal Diseases1032—12—
„ Pyæmia——1—1——
„ Erysipelas24———1l
„ Malignant Diseases, Cancer. &c.24373122313031
„ Injuries1211151511109
„ Various other Causes160139153202166174203
Totals464503441505465464527

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The number of deaths from phthisis pulmonalis is 7 less than for
1897, but is about the average when compared with the six previous
years. This cause of death does not include the deaths due to tuberculosis
affecting other parte of the body than the lungs, these being
included under the heading various causes, and affecting chiefly young
children. In addition to this, many children die from lung and wasting
diseases, where the cause of death, although not directly attributable