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Hornsey 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE E.—INFECTIOUS DISEASES, NOTIFIED, 1941.
| DISEASE | WARDS | AGES | Total | Admitted to Joint Hospital. | Admitted to other Hospitals. | In Nursing Home. | Nursed at Home. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High gate | Muswell Hill. | Crouch End | Central Hornscy | North Haringey | South Haringey | Stroud Green | Finsbury Hark. | 0— | 1—1 | 5—15 | 15—25 | 25—45 | 45—65 | 65 and over | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 6 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| Diphtheria | 9 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 54 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pneumonia | 14 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 22 | 11 | 62 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 49 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Encephalitis Lethiargica | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | l |
| Cerebrospinal Meningitis | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Dysentery | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Measles | 14 | 75 | 20 | 118 | 66 | 53 | 65 | 41 | 9 | 192 | 260 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 482 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 473 |
| Whooping Cough | 27 | 49 | 7 | 59 | 22 | 21 | 32 | 21 | 20 | 93 | 116 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 238 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 229 |
| Gastro Enteritis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Para-Typhoid Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Measles and pneumonia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Whooping Cough and Pneumonia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Food Poisoning | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 77 | 181 | 39 | 257 | 108 | 93 | 117 | 74 | 41 | 316 | 418 | 50 | 62 | 42 | 17 | 946 | 113 | 50 | 0 | 783 | |
| Tuberculosis: | 18 | 23 | 10 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 63 | 26 | 7 | 140 | ||||
| Non-Pulm'rv | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | ||||
| Total | 101 | 207 | 49 | 286 | 133 | 106 | 137 | 88 | 42 | 320 | 427 | 93 | 131 | 69 | 25 | 1,107 | ||||