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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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| Highgate | Muswell Hill | Crouch End | Central Hornsey | North Harringay | South Harringay | Stroud Green | Finsbury Park | TOTALS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever | 4 | 16 | 7 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 83 |
| Whooping cough | 6 | 1 | . | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 26 |
| Acute poliomyelitis Paralytic | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | 2 |
| Measles | 26 | 23 | 32 | 140 | 102 | 55 | 129 | 145 | 652 |
| Acute pneumonia | . | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 42 |
| Dysentery | 6 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 51 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| Food poisoning | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | . | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 2 | 6 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 11 | |
| Typhoid fever | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Meningococcal Infection | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| TOTALS | 46 | 52 | 66 | 185 | 133 | 68 | 188 | 163 | 901 |