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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE BY AGE AND SEX
| AGE IN YEARS | Scarlet fever | Whooping cough | Acute Poliomyelitis Paralytic | Measles | Dysentery | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 1 | - | 3 | - | - | 20 | 22 | 1 | |||
| 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 77 | 90 | - | - |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 111 | 80 | - | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 121 | 102 | - | - |
| 4 | 6 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 77 | 95 | - | - |
| 5-9 | 8 | 13 | 1 | - | - | - | 327 | 354 | 1 | 1 |
| 10-14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 10 | 19 | - | 1 |
| 15-24 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 8 | - | 2 |
| 25 and over | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| TOTALS | 22 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | 753 | 776 | 4 | 8 |
NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE BY AGE AND SEX
| AGE IN YEARS | Acute pneumonia | Erysipelas | Food poisoning | Puerperal pyrexia | Typhoid fever | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | F | M | F | ||
| Under 5 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| 5-14 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 15-44 | 6 | 8 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 12 | - | - | |
| 45-64 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
| 65 and over | 11 | 13 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | ||
| TOTALS | 31 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | - | 1 | |
There were no cases of diphtheria. Two baby boys and one baby girl suffering from ophthalmia neonatorum
were nursed at home. There was no Impairment of vision.