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Hornsey 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE E.—INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED, 1944.
| DISEASE | WARDS | AGES | Total | Admitted to Joint Hospital. | Admitted to other Hospitals. | Nursed at Home. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highgate | Muswell Hill. | Crouch End | Central Hornaey | 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 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 57 | 21 | 4 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 49 | 92 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 160 | 115 | 1 | 44 |
| Diphtheria | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Pneumonia | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 38 |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dysentery | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Measles | 2 | 8 | 17 | 71 | 47 | 43 | 21 | 6 | 14 | 97 | 88 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 215 | 18 | 0 | 197 |
| Whooping Cough | 12 | 52 | 5 | 36 | 32 | 21 | 31 | 8 | 38 | 104 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 197 | 9 | 3 | 185 |
| Encephalitis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Malaria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 54 | 101 | 44 | 183 | 115 | 74 | 88 | 19 | 62 | 261 | 244 | 40 | 31 | 27 | 13 | 678 | 179 | 17 | 482 |
| Admitted to Joint Isolation Hospital | 28 | 28 | 15 | 55 | 23 | 6 | 20 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Other Hospitals | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Nursed at Home | 21 | 68 | 29 | 127 | 90 | 68 | 64 | 15 | |||||||||||
Excluding T.B.
There were 90 natients suffering from diseases other than infectious diseases treated at the Isolation Hospital in addition to the above.