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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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The following table shews the Wards in which deaths from Cancer have occurred during the last 10 years: —
| Year. | Highgau. | Muswell Hill. | Crouch End. | West Hornsey. | East Hornsey. | North Haringey. | South Haringey. | Stroud Green. | Finsbury Park. | Total. | Death rate per 1,000 from Cancer. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 75 | .811 |
| 1908 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 84 | .924 |
| 1907 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 76 | .842 |
| 1906 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 65 | .748 |
| 1905 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 65 | .762 |
| 1904 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 49 | .581 |
| 1903 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 62 | .790 | |
| 1902 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 51 | .674 | |
| 1901 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 47 | .653 | |
| 1900 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 41 | .581 | |
Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. -The number of deaths from each disease for 1909 and preceding years is shewn in the following table:—
Number of Deaths 1909-1897 from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases.
| 1909 | 1908 | 1907 | 1906 | 1905 | 1904 | 1903 | 1902 | 1901 | 1900 | 1899 | 1898 | 1897 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Measles | 12 | 12 | 5 | 18 | 9 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 7 |
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Diphtheria | 10 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 16 |
| Enteric Fever | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | . 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Whooping Cough | 12 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 10 |
| Diarrhoea | 1 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 15 | 29 |
| Totals | 38 | 46 | 44 | 76 | 38 | 69 | 48 | 35 | 40 | 52 | 65 | 52 | 64 |
It will be seen that the number of deaths from the principal
zymotic diseases has again been very low; in fact, only on one
occasion (1902) has it been lower. When the increase in popula-