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Hornsey 1949

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

Published
1950
Pages
38
Tables
19

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19 tables in this report

  • Page 8
    CAUSES OF DEATH
    MFTotals
  • Page 9
    CAUSES BY AGE GROUPS AND SEXES
    Under 1 Day1—6 Days1 Week2 Weeks3 WeeksTotal Under 1 Month1—2 Months3—5 Months6—8 Months9—11 MonthsT otals
    MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
  • Page 16
    FACTORIES ACT, 1937 The following tables show the work carried out by the Sanitary Inspector under this Act:— 1. Inspections of Factories
    PremisesNumber of
    InspectionsWritten NoticesProsecutions
  • Page 16
    2. Defects Found
    ParticularsNo. of defectsReferred to H.M. InspectorNumber of defects in respect of which Prosecutions were instituted.
    FoundRemedied
  • Page 21
    LEGAL PROCEEDINGS Legal proceedings were taken in 16 instances.
    Date of HearingPremisesAct or ByelawsResult of Proceedings
  • Page 22
    CLEANSING STATIONS Persons Treated
    HornseyOther DistrictsTotals
    ScabiesOther verminous conditionsScabiesOther verminous conditions
  • Page 23
    NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE BY AGE AND SEX
    AGEScarlet FeverWhooping CoughAc. PoliomyelitisAc. PolioencephalitisMeaslesDiphtheria
  • Page 23
    NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE BY AGE AND SEX
    AGEAc. PneumoniaDysenteryAc. Encephalitis LethargicaEnteric or Typhoid FeverParatyphoid FeversErysipelasFood PoisoningPuerperal PyrexiaOphthalmia NeonatorumCerebrospinal Meningitis
  • Page 24
    INFECTIOUS DISEASES—NURSING OF CASES
    Removed to Hospital LocallyRemoved to Hospital outside this districtNursed at homeTOTALS
  • Page 24
    NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE BY WARDS
    HighgateMuswell HillCrouch EndCentral HornseyNorth HaringeySouth HaringeyStroud GreenFinsbury Park
  • Page 25
    1.—Immunisation in relation to child population:— Number of children at 31st December, 1949, who had completed a course of immunisation at any time before that date (i.e. at any time since 1st January, 1935).
    Age at 31/12/49 i.e. Born in yearUnder 1 19491 2 1948 19473 19464 19455 to 9 1940-194410 to 14 1935-1939Total under 15
  • Page 25
    2.—Diphtheria Notifications and Deaths in relation to Immunisation during the year 1949 :—
    Age at date of NotificationNo. of cases notifiedNumber of cases included in preceding column in which the child had completed a full course of immunisationDeaths
  • Page 25
    OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM
    Domiciliary confinementsInstitutional confinements
  • Page 26
    TUBERCULOSIS The total number of cases on the Tuberculosis Register at the end of 1949 was 797, viz., pulmonary 696, non-pulmonary 101. TUBERCULOSIS REGISTER, 1949
    PulmonaryNon-PulmonaryTotal
    MaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemale
  • Page 26
    Cases removed from the Register shown under (e) are accounted for as follows:—
    Found not to be T.B.RecoveredRemoved to another areaDied at homeDied at Sanatorium or other InstitutionTOTAL
    MFMFMFMFMFMF
  • Page 28
    TABLE I AGE AND SEX INCIDENCE OF CONFIRMED CASES OF POLIOMYELITIS
    Age Group194719481949
    CasesDeathCasesDeathCasesDeath
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.MF.M.F.
  • Page 29
    TABLE II CLASSIFICATION OF CASES OF POLIOMYELITIS, 1947 and 1949
    19471949
  • Page 29
    TABLE III INCIDENCE BY MONTHS
    Month1947 Confirmed Cases Benign Lymphocytic Meningitis1947 Confirmed Cases Poliomyelitis1949 Confirmed Cases Poliomyelitis
  • Page 29
    TABLE IV INCIDENCE BY ELECTORAL WARDS
    Ward1947 Confirmed Cases Benign Lymphocytic Meningitis1947 Confirmed Cases Poliomyelitis1949 Confirmed Cases Poliomyelitis