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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE BY WARDS
| Highgate | Muswell Hill | Crouch End | Central Hornsey | North Harringay | South Harringay | Stroud Green | Finsbury Park | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet lever | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 7 |
| Whooping cough | 4 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 6 |
| Acute poliomyelitis | ||||||||
| Paralytic | 2 | . | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | . |
| Non-paralytic | 1 | . | . | 6 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Measles | 110 | 216 | 70 | 75 | 56 | 66 | 89 | 25 |
| Acute pneumonia | 4 | 13 | 1 | 15 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Dysentery | 11 | 10 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| Food poisoning | 3 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | . | 8 | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Meningococcal Infection | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Acute encephalitis | ||||||||
| Infective | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Post-infective | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| TOTALS | 141 | 262 | 89 | 142 | 97 | 84 | 130 | 44 |