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Hornsey 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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Of the beds shown above, the following were not available for
use owing to shortage of nursing and domestic staff
Harefield County Hospital - 53 male 53 female 26 children
Clare Hall County Hospital - 95 male 36 female 18 children
Redhilld County Hospital - 16 male 14 female
West Middlesex County Hospital - 24 male
DEATHS STATISTICS
Cerebro-spinal Fever 1
Tuberculosis of respiratory system 38
Other forms of tuberculosis 4
Syphilitic disease 8
Influenza 12
Measles 1
Cancer 209
Diabetes 8
Intra-cranial vascular lesions 119
Heart disease 282
Other diseases of circulatory system 70
Bronchitis 62
Pneumonia 63
Other respiratory diseases 10
Ulcer of stomach or duodenum 10
Diarrhoea under 2 years 6
Appendicitis 4
Other digestive diseases 29
Nephritis 22
Puerperal and post abortive sepsis 1
Other maternal causes 1
Premature birth 18
Congenital malformations, birth injuries, etc. 24
Suicide
Road traffic accidents 7
Other violent causes 21
All other causes 77
1,112
MORTUARY
Ninety one 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 1946 as follows:-
Total number of Licences issued under the Contagious
Diseases of Animals Acts 0
Inspections made under the Contagious Diseases of Animals
Acts 6
(Pigs 96)
No action was necessary under the Tuberculosis Order, 1925.
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