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Hornsey 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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in 1909, so that the case mortality is a little higher this year. The disease has been less active both as regards its prevalence and mortality than the average of recent years.
| Year. | Estimated Population. | Total No. of Cases of Diphtheria Notified. | No. of Deaths Registered from Diphtheria | Fatality per cent. | No. of Cases treated in Hospital. | Attack Rate per 1000 Population. | Percentage removed to Hospital. | Mortality per 1000 Population. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 1890 | 42,000 | 50 | 10 | 20.0 | 1 | 1.19 | 2.0 | 0.23 |
| 1891 | 44,184 | 63 | 6 | 9.9 | 20 | 1.42 | 31.7 | 0.13 |
| 1892 | 46,354 | 43 | 11 | 25.5 | 2 | 0.92 | 4.6 | 0.23 |
| 1893 | 48,522 | 138 | 16 | 11.6 | 15 | 2.84 | 10.9 | 0.32 |
| 1891 | 52,977 | 117 | 23 | 11.1 | 29 | 2.20 | 24.7 | 0.43 |
| 1895 | 55,908 | 89 | 21 | 23.6 | 8 | 1.59 | 9.0 | 0.37 |
| 1896 | 58,839 | 95 | 12 | 12.6 | 24 | 1.61 | 25.2 | 0.20 |
| 1897 | 61,818 | 87 | 16 | 18.4 | 15 | 1.40 | 17.2 | 0.25 |
| 1898 | 64,713 | 99 | 11 | 11.1 | 45 | 1.52 | 45.4 | 0.17 |
| 1899 | 67,664 | 101 | 4 | 3.9 | 36 | 1.49 | 35.6 | 0.05 |
| 1900 | 70,597 | 107 | 14 | 13.0 | 37 | 1 52 | 34.8 | 0.19 |
| 1901 | 73,549 | 134 | 10 | 7.4 | 28 | 1.82 | 20.9 | 0.10 |
| 1902 | 75,623 | 99 | 9 | 9.0 | 35 | 1.31 | 35.3 | 0.11 |
| 1908 | 78,452 | 62 | 12 | 19.3 | 35 | 0.79 | 56.4 | 0.10 |
| 1904 | 84,227 | 101 | 7 | 6.9 | 56 | 1.19 | 56.0 | 0.08 |
| 1905 | 85,213 | 153 | 8 | 5.2 | 95 | 1.79 | 62.0 | 0.09 |
| 1906 | 86,877 | 157 | 13 | 8.2 | 97 | 1.80 | 61.7 | 0.14 |
| 1907 | 90,221 | 98 | 9 | 9.1 | 70 | 108 | 71.4 | 0.09 |
| 1908 | 90,814 | 93 | 9 | 9.6 | 51 | 1.02 | 54.8 | 0.09 |
| 1909 | 92,389 | 151 | 10 | 6.6 | 99 | 1.63 | 65.5 | 0.10 |
| 1910 | 94,721 | 105 | 8 | 7.6 | 80 | 1.10 | 76.7 | 0.08 |
The remaining zymotic diseases, as causes of death, call for
little remark.
Enteric Fever, which did not, in any of the few cases
occurring in the Borough in 1909, cause a single death, was the
cause of 3 deaths in 1910.
Scarlet Fever caused 4 deaths in 1910, one more than in
1909.
From Measles only one death was recorded in 1910. This
is the first year with such a low mortality from this cause.
Whooping. Cough caused 2 fewer deaths in 1910 than in
1909, 10 as against 12. The death-rate from this cause was 0.10
per 1,000 of the population.
From Puerperal Fever no deaths occurred in 1910, as compared
with 2 in 1909 and 3 in 1908.