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Hornsey 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE E.—INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED, 1928.
| DISEASE | WARDS. | AGES | Total | Admitted to Joint Hospital. | Admitted to other Hospitals. | Registered Deaths | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highgate | Muswell Hill. | Crouch End | West Hornsey | East Hornsey | North Haringey | South Haringey | Stroud Green | Finsbury Park. | 0— | 1— | 5— | 15— | 25— | 45- | 65 and over | |||||
| 1 | s | 15 | 25 | 45 | 65 | |||||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 50 | 58 | 25 | 31 | 53 | 36 | 18 | 33 | 24 | 1 | 45 | 198 | 57 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 328 | 237 | 2 | 2 |
| Diphtheria | 8 | 14 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 65 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 104 | 98 | 3 | 6 |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 9 | 1 | — |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 24 | 5 | 1 | — |
| Ophth. Neon. | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | 3 | — |
| Pneumonia | 6 | 14 | 3 | 19 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 19 | 23 | 3 | 94 | 12 0 | 20 3 | 60 2 |
| Puerperal Fever | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 3 | |||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | 7 | 15 | — | — | 22 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Poliomyelitis Cerebro spinal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Meningitis Encephalitis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Lethargica | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Malaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tuberculosis : | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary Non- | 11 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 44 | 21 | 1 | 93 | 59 | ||
| Pulmonary | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 10 | ||
| Total | 91 | 116 | 45 | 110 | 123 | 77 | 41 | 58 | 51 | 16 | 90 | 297 | 114 | 121 | 64 | 10 | 712 | 145 | ||
| Admitted to Joint Isol. Hospital | 50 | 59 | 15 | 56 | 71 | 37 | 12 | 30 | 27 | 357 | — | |||||||||
| Other Hptls (except T.B.) | 8 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | 44 | |||||||||
Note.—The following non-notifiable infectious diseases were also admitted to the Isolation Hospital:—Seven cases found not to be diphtheria, 1 diphtheria
found to be tonsilitis, 1 diphtheria found to be laryngitis and measles, 1 6carlet fever found to be measles, 1 scarlet fever re-admitted, 2 cases found
not to be enteric fever, 8 measles and pneumonia (7 being notified as pneumonia and included above), 1 measles and bronchitis, 22 measles,
1 German measles, 1 chicken pox, 1 whooping cough, 1 mumps, 1 septic throat, 1 conjunctivitis, 1 phlebitis, 2 for observation after teeth extraction,
1 child admitted with mother. The total number of cases admitted to the Joint Hospital not included in above table was 47, making a total of 404.