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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE BY WARDS
| H ighgate | Muswell Hill | Crouch End | Central Hornsey | North Haringey | South Haringey | Stroud Green | Finsbury Park | Totals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 94 |
| Whooping cough | 15 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 61 |
| Acute poliomyelitis Paralytic | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Non-paralytic | . | . | . | 9 | . | . | . | . | 2 |
| Measles | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 47 |
| Acute pneumonia | 2 | 8 | . | 7 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 48 |
| Dysentery | 23 | 31 | 19 | 89 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 5 | 209 |
| Erysipelas | . | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | . | 1 | . | 12 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 3 |
| Food poisoning | . | 3 | . | 6 | . | 3 | 6 | 3 | 21 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 1 | 4 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Diphtheria | . | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | 3 | |
| Meningococcal infection | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Malaria | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 |
| TOTALS | 58 | 96 | 31 | 132 | 40 | 27 | 88 | 40 | 512 |