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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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There were no cases of diphtheria.
NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE BY AGE AND SEX
| AGE IN YEARS | Scarlet fever | Whooping cough | Acute Poliomyelitis (paralytic) | Measles | Meningococcal infection | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |||||
| Under 1 | — | — | 5 | 5 | — | — | 9 | 11 | 1 | — | ||||
| 1—2 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 17 | — | — | 79 | 59 | — | — | ||||
| 3—4 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 1 | - | 94 | 109 | — | — | ||||
| 5—9 | 65 | 61 | 27 | 33 | — | — | 230 | 232 | — | — | ||||
| 10—14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | ||||
| 15—24 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | ||||
| 25 and over | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| TOTALS | 91 | 82 | 65 | 73 | 2 | — | 418 | 417 | 1 | — | ||||
| 173 | 138 | 2 | 835 | 1 | ||||||||||
| AGE IN YEARS | Acute pneumonia | Dysentery | Erysipelas | Typhoid fever | Food poisoning | Puerperal pyrexia | Paratyphoid fevers | |||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | |
| 5—14 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | - | i | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 15—44 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 12 | — | 1 |
| 45—64 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 65 and over | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| TOTALS | 6 | 20 | 6 | 14 | — | 1 | 6 | 4 | — | 12 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 74 | 26 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 2 | ||||||||