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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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| Highgate | Muswell Hill | Crouch End | Central Hornsey | North Haringey | South Haringey | Stroud Green | Finsbury Park | Totals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever | 5 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 7 | 88 |
| Whooping cough | 33 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 116 |
| Acute poliomyelitis Paralytic | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 5 |
| Non -paralytic | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | . | . | 3 |
| Measles | 15 | 19 | 7 | 28 | 12 | 10 | 23 | 32 | 146 |
| Acute pneumonia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 53 |
| Dysentery | 6 | 33 | 10 | . | 6 | . | 11 | 4 | 69 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| Food poisoning | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | . | . | 13 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 1 | 4 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 8 |
| Meningococcal infection | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Acute encephalitis Infective | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Paratyphoid fevers | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | |
| TOTALS | 70 | 81 | 29 | 75 | 82 | 48 | 79 | 52 | 516 |