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Hornsey 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE E.—INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED, 1943.
| DISEASE | WARDS | AGES | Total | Admitted to Joint Hospital. | Admitted to other Hospitals. | Nursed at Home. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highgate | Muswell Hill. | Crouch Bed | Central Hornsey | North Haringey | South Haringey | Stroud Green | Finsbury Park. | 0— 1 | 1— 5 | 5-15 | 15— 25 | 25— 45 | 45— 65 | 65 and over | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | 14 | 33 | 14 | 60 | 19 | 18 | 52 | 7 | 0 | 58 | 128 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 217 | 164 | 5 | 48 |
| Diphtheria | 23 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 35 | 9 | 0 |
| Pneumonia | 7 | 10 | 8 | 35 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 19 | 103 | 3 | 8 | 92 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 17 | 0 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| S.F. and Heart Disease | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Dysentery | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Measles | 80 | 168 | 25 | 186 | 96 | 52 | 123 | 56 | 49 | 392 | 320 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 786 | 12 | 7 | 767 |
| Whooping Cough | 3 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 10 | 41 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 2 | 1 | 79 |
| S.F. and Otitis Media | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Measles and Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| Poliomyelitis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Whooping Cough and Pneumonia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Colitis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| S.F. and Chicken Pox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 139 | 243 | 62 | 317 | 148 | 95 | 224 | 81 | 67 | 530 | 501 | 72 | 73 | 42 | 24 | 1,309 | 239 | 67 | 1,003 | |
| Tuberculosis : | |||||||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 32 | 33 | 16 | 31 | 16 | 13 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 40 | 75 | 43 | 9 | 177 | |||
| Non-Pulmonary | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 22 | |||
| Total | 174 | 279 | 80 | 352 | 166 | 109 | 249 | 99 | 67 | 537 | 515 | 115 | 152 | 87 | 35 | 1,508 | |||