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Hornsey 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE E.—INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED 1929.
| DISEASE | WARDS. | AGES | Total | Admitted to Joint Hospital. | Admitted to other Hospitals. | Registered Deaths | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highgate | Mus well Hill. | Crouch End | West Hornsey | East Hornsey | North Haringey | South Haringey | Stroud Green | Finsbury Park. | 0— | 1— 5 | 5— 15 | 15— 25 | 25— 45 | 45— 65 | 65 and over | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | 31 | 42 | 23 | 22 | 45 | 20 | 21 | 28 | 17 | 1 | 31 | 143 | 36 | 30 | 8 | — | 249 | 197 | 4 | |
| Diphtheria | 11 | 21 | 10 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 29 | 72 | 16 | 6 | 1 | — | 129 | 115 | 8 | 7 |
| Enteric Fever | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Para Typhoid | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 8 | 4 | — |
| Ophth. Neon | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | - | — | — | 5 | — | 2 | — |
| Pneumonia | 16 | 33 | 9 | 38 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 14 | 21 | 37 | 43 | 25 | 163 | 18 | 29 | 106 |
| Pueiperal Fever | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | —— | 2 | 6 | — | — | 8 | — | 4 | — |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Cerebro spinal Meningitis | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Polio- Encephalitis | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Malaria | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis: | 67 | 104 | 48 | 94 | 108 | 47 | 31 | 52 | 48 | 18 | 77 | 233 | 80 | 96 | 64 | 31 | 599 | 347 | 54 | 115 |
| Pulmonary | 20 | 16 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 54 | 33 | 2 | 121 | |||
| Non-Pulmonary | 4 | 2 | — | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21 | |||
| TOTAI. | 91 | 122 | 54 | 116 | 129 | 59 | 41 | 64 | 65 | 20 | 82 | 247 | 108 152 | 98 | 34 | 741 | ||||
| Admitted to Joint Isol. Hospital | 41 | 59 | 29 | 49 | 73 | 25 | 19 | 28 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Other Hptls. (except T.B.) | 6 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 6 | — | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||
.Note. —The following 47 diseases were also admitted to the Isolation Hospital in addition to the above, making a total of 394:—Five cases found not to be
diphtheria, 3 cases of induenza, 5 cases of German measles, 1 case of German measles and mastoid, 2 cases of measles, 1 case of scarlet fever
found to be German measles, 5 cases of tonsilitis, 1 case of encephalitis found to be hemiplegia, 2 cases of whooping cough, 3 oases of cellulitis
1 case of synovitis, 1 case of Vincent's disease, 1 case of enteric fever found to be appendicitis, 1 case of leg injury, 1 case of quinsy, 1 case of
colic, 1 case of rheumatism, 1 case of septic throat, 1 case of septic foot, 2 cases of septic finger, 1 case of septio leg, 1 case of septic toe, 1 case of
pyrexii, (rash), 1 case of antemia, 1 case of bilious attack, 1 ca3e of cut head, 1 case of laryngitis, 1 case of gastritis.