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Hornsey 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

Published
1927
Pages
104
Tables
35

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  • Page 15
    The businesses carried on at the respective premises are as follows: —
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    section a. —Catnpsbourne Road, Myddelton Road, Boyton Road, Pembroke Road, Brook Road, Eastfield Road and Newlands Road. section b —Nightingale Lane, North View Road, South View Road, Hawthorn Road and Beechwood Road.
    Houses.Total Parsons.Census Population 1921.Parsons per house.
    All ages.Under 14.14 and over.
    M.F.M.FM.F.
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    I am indebted to Mr. Parry, the Relieving Officer, for the following particulars of the number of families relieved during 1926 (excluding those in temporary distress as a result of the general strike) and of the number of persons removed to the North Middlesex Hospital from the various streets in the two sections: —
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    The following table shows the incidence of infecting cases discharged from hospital since 1921 : —
    YEAR.SCARLET FEVER.Persons Infected "Return Cases"Infecting Cases.Percentage of infecting cases.DIPH-THKRI A.Persons Infected "Return Cases''Infecting Cases.Percentage of infecting cases.
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    Tuberculosis. —The following statement shows the condition of the register at the beginning and at the end of the year: —
    No. of cases at commencement ot 1926.No. of cases added to register during 1926.No. of cases removed from register during 1926.No. of cases on register at end of 1926.
    Pul.Non. Pul.Pul.Non.- Pul.Pul.Non. Pul.Pul.Non.-Pul.
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    The cases were removed from the register for the following reasons: —
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    The average number of beds in residential institutions available for Middlesex patients suffering from tuberculosis during the year 1926: —
    Observation.Pulmonary tuberculosis.Non-pulmonary tuberculosis.Total.
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    An arrangement exists with the Metropolitan Asylums Board for the admission of cases of this disease to St. Margaret's Hospital, Kentish Town, if required, but none of the cases mentioned was treated in this Hospital.
    Cases.Vision Unimpaired.Vision Impaired.Total Blindness.Deaths.
    Notified.Treated
    At Home.In Hospital.
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    TABLE A. BOROUGH OF HORNSEY VITAL STATISTICS, 1901-1926.
    Year.Estimated Mid-Year Population.Birth Rate per 1,000 Population.Death Rate per 1,000 Population.Infant Mortality per 1,000 Birtbe.
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    TABLE B.—CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING THE YEARS 1921-G.
    CAUSES OF DEATH1926All Age.
    Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.3 and under 5 years.5 and under 16 years.15 and under 26 years.25 and under 45 years.45 and under 65 years.65 years and over.19261925924192319221921
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    TABLE C.—INFANT MORTALITY, 1926.
    CAUSES Or DEATH.Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.Total Deaths tinder One Year.
    Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.9-3 Weeks.8-4 Weeks.Total under 4 Weeks.1-3 Months.3-6 Months.6-9 Months.9-1 a Months.
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    TABLE D. BIRTHS, DEATHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND DEATHS FROM CERTAIN DISEASES, 1901-1926
    YEAR.Population Census.Total BirthsTotal DeathsTotal Infant Deaths (under one year)Deaths from MeaslesDeaths from Whooping CoughDeathsfrom Diarhoea (under two years)Deathsfrom 8carlet FeverDeaths from DiphtheriaDeaths from Typhoid Fever.Deaths from Cancer.Deaths from Tuber culosis (Pulmonary)Deathsfrom Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary)
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    TABLE E.—INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED, 1926.
    DISEASEWARDS.AGESTotalAdmitted to Joint Hospital.Admitted to other Hospitals.Registered Deaths
    HighgateMuswell Hill.Crouch EndWest HornseyEast HornseyNorth HaringeySouth HaringeyStroud GreenFinsbury Park.01 s5 IS15 2525 4545 6565 and over
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    TABLE F.—NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE, 1901-1926.
    Year.Population.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria or Croup.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Puerperal Pyrexia.Erysipelas.Cerebral Spinal Meningitis.Polio-Myelitis.Ophthalmia Neonatorum.Malaria.DysenteryEncephalitis Lethargica.Pneumonia.Small-pox.Measles.German Measles.Total.Attack rate per 1.000 population.
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    TABLE G.—NOTIFICATIONS OF, AND DEATHS FROM, TUBERCULOSIS, 1926.
    AGE PERIODS.New Cases.Deaths
    PulmonaryNon-PulmonaryPulmonaryNon-Pulmonary
    MFMFMPMF
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    TABLE H. MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE WORK, 1926.
    Nature of Work.Centres.Totals.
    No. 1.No.2No. 3.
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    RECORD OF WORK OF MUNICIPAL MIDWIFE, 1926.
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    None of the Outworkers' premises was found to be in an unwholesome condition.
    Premises. (1)Number of
    Inspections. (2)Written Notices. (3)Prosecutions. (4)
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    TABLE J. (contd.) OUTWORKERS.
    Nature of Work. (1)Outworkers.Instances.Notices served.Prosecutions.
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    TABLE K. HOUSING CONDITIONS. STATISTICS YEAB ENDED 81st DECEMBER, 1U26.
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    TABLE K. ( contd.)
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    An analysis of the causes of suppuration and a summary of the results in the cases of otorrhea is shown in the accompanying table:— Cases of Otorrhœa.
    Cause of Suppuration.Total ears.Cured.Lost sight of.Still under treatmentOperation necessary.
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    No Homsey child was discharged from the Special School during 1926, but of the 16 children from other districts who left during the year the following facts are known: —
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    TABLE I.—RETURN OF MEDICAL INSPECTIONS, 1926 (a) Routine Medical Inspections Number of Code Group inspections—
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    TABLE II. (A)—RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION IN THE YEAR ENDED 81st DECEMBER, 1926.
    Defect or Disease.Routine InspectionsSpecial Inspections
    No. of Defects.No of Defects.
    Requiring treatment.Requiring to be kept under-observation but not requiring treatment.Requiring treatment.Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring treatment.
    (l)(2)(3)(4)(5)
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    TABLE II—(Contd.). (13)–NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL CHILDREN FOUND AT ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTION TO REQUIRE TREATMENT (EXCLUDING UNCLEANLINESS AND DENTAL DISEASES).
    GroupNumber of Children.Percentage of Children found to require treatment.
    Inspected.Found to require treatment.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)
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    TABLE III.—RETURN OF ALL EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN IN THE AREA.
    BoysGirlsTotal
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    TABLE III—(Contd.).
    BoysGirls.Total
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    TABLE IV. (A) —RETURN OF DEFECTS TREATED DURING THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1926. TREATMENT TABLE. Group 1.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group V.).
    DISEASE OR DEFECT.Number of defects treated or under treatment during the year.
    Under the Authority's Scheme.Otherwise.Total.
    1(2)(3)(4)
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    TABLE IV.—(Contd.). Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I).
    Defect or Disease.Number of defects dealt with.
    Under the Authority's Scheme.Submitted to refraction by private practitioner or at hospital.apart from the Authority's scheme.Otherwise.Total.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
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    Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.
    Received Operative treatment.Received other forms of treatment.Total number treated
    Under the Authority's scheme, in clinic or hospital.By private practitioner or hospital, apart from the Authority's schemeTotal.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
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    TABLE IV.—(Contd.). Group IV.—Dental Defects. (1) Number of Children who were:— (o) Inspected by the Dentist:— Aged
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    TABLE V. LIST OF SCHOOLS IN THE BOROUGH.
    School.Department.Authorized accommodation.Average No. on the Rolls For yr. ended 31/12/26.
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    TABLE VI.—ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTION, 1926. Number of children inspected at each school.
    YEARS OF AGE.56789101112131415TOTALS.
    School.B.G.BG.B.G.B.G.B.G.B.G.B.G.B.G.B.G.B.G.B.G.B.G.Total
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    TABLE VII.—MENTALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN. After-histories of Hornsey children who left the Joint Special School, 1921-1926.
    No.Sex.Date of Birth.Date of Leaving.REMARKS as to career since leaving school, present industrial status, etc.