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Hornsey 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
- Published
- 1940
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- 72
- Tables
- 29
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Deaths from Puerperal Causes.
Deaths. Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. England and Wales. -
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LABORATORY FACILITIES. The specimens examined in the laboratory at the Isolation Hospital during 1939 were as follows:—
Negative. Positive. Total. -
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The following is a statement of the infectious diseases nursed during the year by the Queen's District Nurses: —
TYPE OF CASE. Total No. of Cases. No. of Visits. No. Conval-escent. No. sent to Hospital. No. Died at Home. -
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The number of house-to-house inspections has been higher, but the withdrawal of the inspectors from their duties for A.R.P. service in September and the shortage of materials militated against the carrying out of the sanitary work required.
Ward. Road. No. -
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The following table shows the figures for 1939: —
Total injections. Completed Cases. -
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There was no case of blindness resulting from this infection.
Cases Vision unimpaired. Vision impaired. Total blindness. Deaths. Notified. Treated. At home. In hospital or nursing home. -
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TABLE A. BOROUGH OP HORNSEY VITAL STATISTICS, 1911.1939.
Year Estimated Mid.Year Population. Birth Rate per 1,000 Population. Death Rate per 1,000 Population. Infant Mortality per 1,000 live Births. -
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TABLE A. BOROUGH OP HORNSEY VITAL STATISTICS, 1911.1939.
Total. All ages 0-1 1-2 2-5 5-15 15-25 25-35 35-45 45-55 55-65 65-75 75 & over M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F -
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TABLE C—CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH, 1931-1938.
All Ages 1931 All Ages 1932 All Ages 1933 All Ages 1934 All Ages 1935 All Ages 1936 All Ages 1937 All Ages 1938 M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F -
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TABLE D. INFANT MORTALITY, 1939.
CAUSES OF DEATH. Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under One Year of Age. Total Deaths under One Under 1 Day Under 1 Week. 1-2 Weeks. 2-3 Weeks. 3-4 Weeks Total under 4 Weeks. 1-3 Months. 3-6 Months. 6-9 Months. 9-12 Months. M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F -
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TABLE E. BIRTHS, DEATHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND DEATHS FROM CERTAIN DISEASES, 1911-1939.
YEAR. Population Total Live Births Total Stili Births Total Deaths Total Infant Deaths (under one year, Deaths from Measles Deaths from Whooping Cough Deaths from Diarrhoea (under two yrs. Deaths from Scarlet Fever Deaths from Diphtheria Deaths from Typhoid Fever Deaths from Cancer ( Deaths from Tuberculosis (Pulmonary Deaths from Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary) -
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TABLE E. BIRTHS, DEATHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND DEATHS FROM CERTAIN DISEASES, 1911-1939.
DISEASE WARDS AGES Total Admitted to Joint Hospital Admitted to otherHospitals In Nursinl Home. ' Nursed at Home. Registered Deaths Highgate Muswell Hill. Crouch End Central Hornsey North Haringey South Haringey Stroud Green Finsbury Park. 0— l 1-5 5— 15 15— 25 25— 45 45— 65 65 and over -
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TABLE G—NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 1911-1939.
Year. Population. Estimated Scarlet Fever. Diphtheria or Croup. | Typhoid Fever. Para Typhoid. § Puerperal Fever. Puerperal Pyrexia. Erysipelas. Cerebro Spinal Meningitis. Polio-Myelitis. Ophthalmia Neonatorum. Pemphigus 1 Neonatorum. Malaria. Dysentery. Encephalitis Lethargica. Polio Encephalitis. Pneumonia. Small-pox. Measles. Whooping Cough. German Measles. Total Attack rate per 1,000 population. -
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TABLE H—(1) NOTIFICATION OF, AND DEATHS FROM. TUBERCULOSIS, 1939.
AGE PERIODS. New Cases. Deaths Pulmonary Non Pulmonary Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary M F M F M F M F -
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TABLE H—(2) TUBERCULOSIS REGISTER, 1939.
Pulmonary. Non-Pulmonary. Total. Male. Female. Male. Female. Male. Female. -
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Cases removed from the Register shown under (e) are accounted for as follows: —
Found not to beT.B Cured. Removed to another area. Died at Home. Died at Sanatorium or other Institution. Cases closed by T.B.O. Totals. M F M F M F M F M F M F M F -
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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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DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES AND WORKPLACES.
Particulars. (1) Number of Defects. Number of Prosecutions. (5) Found. (2) Remedied. (3) Referred to H.M. Inspector. (4) -
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TABLE I.— (contd.).
Nature of Work. <n Premises. Outworkers. Instances. Notices served. Prosecutions. -
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The number of births notified under the Acts during 1939 was: —
Male. Female. Total. -
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The Hornsey Home Helps Society was started in 1930 by members of the Voluntary Committees of the Centres (Hon. Secretary, Mrs. Inward, 99, Pemberton Road, N.4). In spite of the difficulties of this work, steady progress has been made, as shown by the yearly figures: —
Year. No. of Helps Mothers Income. Expenditure. on Books. served. £ s. d. £ s. d. -
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The following is a record for the year of the Dental Clinic for Mothers and Children.
Mothers. Children. -
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Ante-Natal, Natal and Post-Natal. MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE WORK, 1939.
Nature of Work. Centres. Totals. No. 1. No. 2. No. 3 and Sub-Centre. -
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RECORD OF WORK OF MUNICIPAL MIDWIVES, 1939.
Miss Andrews Mrs. Jameson Miss Hughes Total -
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TABLE II. CLASSIFICATION OF THE NUTRITION OF CHILDREN INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR IN THE ROUTINE AGE GROUPS UP TO 31st AUGUST, 1939.
AGE GROUPS Number of Children Inspected. A (Excellent) B (Normal) C (Slightly sub-normal) D (Bad) No % No. % No. % No % -
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TABLE III. BLIND CHILDREN.
At a Public Elementary School. At another Institution. At no School or Institution. -
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TABLE IV. TREATMENT TABLES. Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table VI.).
DISEASE OR DEFECT. Number of Defects treated or under treatment during the year. Under the Authority's Scheme Otherwise. Total. -
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Group II.— Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Aliments—Group I.).
Number of Defects dealt with Under the Authority's Scheme Otherwise. Total. -
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Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat. Number of Defects.
Received Operative Treatment. Total. Received other forms of Treatment. Total number treated. Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital (see note b). By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme.