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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 1960
[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 | TOTALS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 40 |
| Whooping cough | 13 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 5 | 24 | 13 | 114 |
| Acute poliomyelitis Paralytic | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Measles | 10 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 82 |
| Acute pneumonia | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 18 | - | 6 | 1 | 29 |
| Dysentery | 7 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 89 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| Food poisoning | 3 | 4 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | - | 5 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Paratyphoid fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| TOTALS | 40 | 45 | 28 | 56 | 68 | 36 | 78 | 41 | 392 |