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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 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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Of other diseases treated in the Isolation Hospital during the
year there were Dysentery, 6; Erysipelas, 5; Cerebro-Spinal
Fever, 4; Influenza 3; Influenzal Pneumonia, 1; Puerperal Fever,
1; Meningitis, 1; Encephalitis Lethargica, 1; and Septicaemia,
1;—Total, 23.
There were three deaths from Cerebro-Spinal Fever, 1 from
Dysentery, 1 from Puerperal Fever, 1 from Influenza and 1
from 'Septicaemia.
| Bodies. | Inquests | Bodies taken to Mortuary on sanitary grounds. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| February | 13 | 10 | 2 |
| March | 5 | 3 | — |
| April | 3 | 3 | — |
| May | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| June | 2 | 1 | — |
| July and August | 5 | 5 | — |
| September | 5 | 5 | — |
| October | 8 | 8 | — |
| November | 2 | 2 | — |
| December | 1 | 1 | — |
| Total | 57 | 51 | 0 |
| Disease. | From Patients at Hospital. | From Patients of Medical Men in Hornsey. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | |
| — | |||
| — | |||
| — | — | — | |