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Hornsey 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE F:- INFECTIOUS DISEASESS NOTIFIED, 1934
| DISEASE | WARDS. | ACES | Total | Admitted to Joint Hospital. | Admitted to other Hospitals. | In Nursing Home. | Nursed at Home. | Registered Deaths | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highgate | Muswell Hill. | Crouch End | West Hornsey | Bast Hornsey | North Haringey | South Haringey | Stroud Green | Finsbury Park. | 0— 1 | l— 5 | 5— 15 | 15— 25 | 25— 45 | 45— 65 | 65 and over | |||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 44 | 74 | 24 | 44 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 48 | 162 | 38 | 28 | 4 | — | 283 | 218 | 5 | — | 60 | 2 |
| Diphtheria | 9 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | — | 14 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 1 | — | 63 | 50 | 10 | — | 3 | 4 |
| Typhoid | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Pneumonia | 5 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 41 | 1 | 14 | — | 26 | 73 |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 12 | 13 | 9 | 36 | 16 | 2 | — | 18 | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | I | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | 4 | — | 4 | — | — | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | 4 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 12 | — | — | 14 | — | 11 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | _— | — | — | — | 10 | — | 7 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 67 | 107 | 31 | 69 | 64 | 27 | 21 | 37 | 33 | 15 | 72 | 190 | 58 | 74 | 28 | 19 | 456 | 285 | 57 | 4 | 110 | — | |
| Tuberculosis : | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 21 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 9 | — | 1 | 6 | 36 | 48 | 26 | 5 | 122 | 59 | ||||
| Non-Pulmonary | 6 | 4 | — | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | — | 6 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 7 | ||||
| Total | 94 | 126 | 39 | 86 | 85 | 46 | 36 | 53 | 45 | 15 | 79 | 203 | 103 | 127 | 58 | 25 | 610 | |||||
| Admitted to Joint Isol. | 45 | 69 | 21 | 48 | 42 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 19 | |||||||||||||
| Hospital Other Hptls | 9 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Nursing Homes | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| Nursed at Home | 11 | 29 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 10 | |||||||||||||
Note.—The following 57 cases were also admitted to the Isolation Hospital in addition to the above:—8 Tonsillitis, 10 Measles, 5 Whooping Cough,
6 Measles and Pneumonia, 3 Influenza, 1 German Measles, 2 found not to be Diphtheria, 4 found not to be Scarlet Fever, 1 Septic Throat, 2 Local
Sepsis, 1 Appendicitis, 1 Colic, 2 Injury, 1 Otitis Media, 1 Measles, Otitis Media and Croup, 1 Measles and Otitis Media, 1 Measles and Bronohitls,
1 Furunculosis, 1 Asthma, 1 Lumbago, 1 Injury to Leg, and 3 for Observation.
Excluding T.B.