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Hornsey 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TUBERCULOSIS.
PUBLIC HEALTH (PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS)
REGULATIONS.
No occasion has arisen in the course of the year to put these
powers into action.
There were 974 beds available solely for Middlesex under the Middlesex County Council's scheme for the treatment of Tuberculosis in sanatoria, namely:—
| Institution | Accommodation | Type of Case | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults | Children | |||
| M | F | |||
| County Sanatorium, Harefield | 192 | 192 | 66 | Pulmonary—sanatorium |
| 4 | 4 | 10 | ,, observation | |
| County Sanatorium, Clare Hall | 206 | 202 | 32 | ,, sanatorium |
| Danesbury Manor, Welwyn | - | 60 | - | „ |
| Victoria Home, Windsor | — | — | 6 | Non-pulmonary |
Patients are also sent to the Middlesex County Council's general
hospitals and to numerous other voluntary hospitals and sanatoria.
The total number of cases on the Tuberculosis Register at the
end of 1943 was 1,028, viz., pulmonary 798, non-pulmonary 230, an
increase of 74 on the total for last year.
A table showing the history of cases of Tuberculosis during the
year will be found on Table F.
MORTUARY.
Eighty-six bodies were received at the mortuary.
DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACTS.
Mr. F. G. Buxton, the Veterinary Inspector, has kindly supplied
me with details of his work in the Borough under the Diseases of
Animals Acts and Orders during 1943 as follows: —
Inspections made under the Diseases of
Animals Acts 26
(Pigs 298)
Animals inspected:—
Under the Parasitic Mange Order:
Horses 2
Under the Swine Fever Order, 1908:
Pigs —
No action was necessary under the Tuberculosis Order, 1925.
Three post-mortem examinations on pigs were carried out during
the year.