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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Hornsey 1949

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

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Table: INFECTIOUS DISEASES—NURSING OF CASES

INFECTIOUS DISEASES—NURSING OF CASES

Removed to Hospital LocallyRemoved to Hospital outside this districtNursed at homeTOTALS
Scarlet Fever66439109
Whooping Cough429298
Ac. Poliomyelitis227332
Ac. Polioencephalitis11-2
Measles175675697
Diphtheria2--2
Ac. Pneumonia2184666
Dysentery1146
Ac. Encephalitis Lethargica-1-1
Enteric or Typl oid Fever12-3
Paratyphoid Feveis--11
Erysipelas111214
Food Poisoning-123
Puerperal Pyrexia-112
Ophthalmia Neonatorum-1-1
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis ...1--1
TOTALS118458751,038

Table: NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE BY WARDS

NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE BY WARDS

HighgateMuswell HillCrouch EndCentral HornseyNorth HaringeySouth HaringeyStroud GreenFinsbury Park
Scarlet Fever172481979205
Whooping Cough96252821189
Ac Poliomyelitis1211-21222
Ac. Polioencephalitis1-1-----
Measles1481244559687810174
Diphtheria----11--
Ac. Pneumonia9831296145
Dysentery11111--1
Ac. Encephalitis Lethargica1-------
Enteric or Typhoid Fever-3------
Paratyphoid Fevers-1------
Erysipelas22223-3-
Food Poisoning--1--1-1
Puerperal Pyrexia--1----1
Ophthalmia Neonatorum---1----
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis--1----
TOTALS2001806510111811815898