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Hornsey 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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The following is a record of the disinfection work carried
out during the year: —
Premises.
Rooms
disinfected.
Articles
disinfected.
Articled
destroyed.
Notifiable diseases
269
286
4187
25
Non-notifiable
diseases
376
402
2334
213
Isolation Hospital.—The extensions outlined in last year's
report are well on the way to completion, and the new premises
should be ready for occupation, during the summer of 1927.
Laboratory Work.—With the exception of the more complicated
blood tests all the routine bacteriological work is carried
out at the laboratory of the Joint Isolation Hospital. The
following district work was done during 1926: —
Positive. Negative. Total.
Examinations for diphtheria bacilli
100
839
939
,, ,, tubercle bacilli
22
185
207
,, „ ringworm
7
2
9
,, ,, typhoid bacilli
1
8
9
Other examinations
11
130 1,034 1,175
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
Midwives.—The Hornsey Town Council appointed a municipal
midwife in 1921. Her services continue to be increasingly
popular in the Borough, as the following record of cases attended
shows: —
1922 41
1923 60
1924 79
1925 105
1926 153