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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 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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The following table shews the number of cases of each disease admitted during each month of the year, and the districts1 from which the patients were admitted:—
| Hornsey Cases. | Finchley Cases. | Wood Green Cases. | Grand Total for the month. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Total. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Total. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Total | ||
| *January | 11 | 11 | 0 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 55 |
| February | 8 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 29 |
| *March | 11 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 58 |
| April | 16 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 23 | 58 |
| May | 12 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 36 |
| June | 14 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 41 |
| July | 3 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 32 |
| August | 10 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 21 | 43 |
| September | 14 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 54 |
| October | 17 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 56 |
| November | 10 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 34 | 62 |
| December | 10 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 41 |
| Total for the year | 136 | 80 | 3 | 219 | 62 | 47 | 4 | 113 | 139 | 88 | 4 | 231 | 565 |
* One Diphtheria Patient admitted from Friern Barnet.