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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 WARDS
| Highgate | Muswell Hill | Crouch End | Central Hornsey | North Harringay | South Harringay | Stroud Green | Finsbury Park | TOTALS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever | 7 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 45 |
| Whooping cough | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 7 |
| Acute poliomyelitis Paralytic | _ | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Measles | 173 | 344 | 126 | 233 | 124 | 50 | 312 | 167 | 1,529 |
| Acute pneumonia | 2 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 25 | 4 | 7 | - | 63 |
| Dysentery | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 |
| Food poisoning | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | 6 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | - | - | * | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| Typhoid fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| TOTALS | 189 | 375 | 135 | 261 | 157 | 61 | 331 | 174 | 1,683 |