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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE BY AGE AND SEX
| AGE IN YEARS | Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough | Acute Poliomyelitis | Measles | Diphtheria | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paralytic | Non-Paralytic | |||||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 1 | — | — | 13 | 15 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 6 | — | — |
| 1—2 | 6 | 5 | 60 | 42 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 73 | 84 | — | — |
| 3—4 | 19 | 14 | 62 | 79 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 124 | 117 | — | — |
| 5—9 | 31 | 51 | 92 | 74 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 190 | 191 | — | 1 |
| 10—14 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| 15—24 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — |
| 25 and over | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — |
| TOTALS | 63 | 82 | 233 | 215 | 6 | 7 | — | 4 | 397 | 406 | — | 1 |
| 145 | 448 | 13 | 4 | 803 | 1 | |||||||
| AGE IN YEARS | Acute Pneumonia | Dysentery | Erysipelas | Meningococcal Infection | Food Poisoning | Puerperal Pyrexia | ||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| 5—14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 15—44 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 5 | — | 4 |
| 45—64 | 10 | 10 | 1 | — | 4 | 5 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| 65 and over | 8 | 8 | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| TOTALS | 31 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | — | 4 |
| 54 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 12 | 4 | |||||||
No case of ophthalmia neonatorum was notified.
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