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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 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE II.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1920.
| Notifiable Disease. | At all Ages. | Number of Casks Notified. | Total Cases notified in each Locality. | Cases removed to Borough Hospital. | Cases removed to other Hospitals. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages— Years. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Highgate. | Muswell Hill. | Crouch End. | West Hornsey. | East Hornsey | North HariDgey. | South Haringey. | Stroud Qreen. | Finsbury Park. | |||||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards. | |||||||||||||
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera, Plague | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 149 | - | 31 | 86 | 18 | 13 | 1 | - | 18 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 50 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 16 | 149 | 7 |
| Erysipelas | 27 | - | - | - | 3 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Scarlet fever | 245 | 1 | 36 | 168 | 24 | 16 | — | — | 22 | 37 | 18 | 54 | 50 | 19 | 11 | 22 | 12 | 172 | 9 |
| Typhus fever | - | - | — | — | - | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | 6 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Continued fever | - | - | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Malaria | 10 | - | — | 1 | 2 | 7 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Dysentery | 2 | - | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Puerperal fever | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebio-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | - |
| Poliomyelitis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 8 | 8 | — | —• | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 98 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 31 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 8 | — | 3 |
| Polio Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 4 | - | - | — | — | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 126 | 1 | 15 | 23 | 61 | 25 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 30 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 11 | — | — | |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 16 | — | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Totals | 697 | 13 | 86 | 285 | 88 | 151 | 64 | 10 | 69 | 68 | 38 | 150 | 158 | 74 | 31 | 57 | 52 | 321 | 23 |
| 344 ISOLATION HOSPITAL— Name and Hornsey Borough Isolation Hospital, Total available Number of diseases that can Situation Coppett's Road, Muswell Hill. beds 130 be concurrently treated 3. | |||||||||||||||||||