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Hornsey 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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VACCINATION
The public Vaccinators information that they performed vaccination of
persons in the Borough during 1945, as follows:-
Dr. E. Buckler 252
Dr. R. Mackay 514
PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS
(PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1925, SECTION 66)
3 cases of ophthalmia neonatorum were notified, both of which were nursed at home.
| Cases | Vision unimpaired | Vision impaired | Total blind ness | Deaths | Rem. from dist. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No tified | Treated | ||||||
| At home | In hospital or nursing home | ||||||
| 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TUBERCULOSIS
PUBLIC HEALTH (PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS
No occasion has arisen in the coursc of the year to put these powers
into action.
The total number of cases on the Tuberculosis Register at the end of
1945 was 1,165, viz., pulmonery 920, non-pulmonery 245, an increase of 89
on the total for last year.
NORTUARY
One hundred and four bodies were received at the mortuary.
DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACTS
Mr. P. 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 1945 as follows
Total number of Licences issued under the Contagious Diseases
of Animals Acts 0
Inspections made under the Contagius Diseases of Animals Acts
(Pigs 137)
No action was necessary under the Tuberculosis Order, 1925,
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