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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 1962
[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 | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | Measles | Dysentery | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 10 | 7 | - | - |
| 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | 32 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 34 | 39 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 32 | 35 | - | - |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 30 | 41 | 1 | 1 |
| 5-9 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 4 | - | - | 74 | 104 | 4 | 5 |
| 10-14 | 2 | 2 | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | - |
| 15-24 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 25 and over | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 1 | - |
| TOTALS | 18 | 24 | 7 | 16 | - | 1 | 210 | 270 | 12 | 11 |
| 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 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 15-44 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 7 | 1 | - | |
| 45-64 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| 65 and over | 7 | 10 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| TOTALS | 20 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 2 | - | 7 | 1 | - | |
| There were no cases of diphtheria. The baby girl suffering from ophthalmia neonatorum was nursed at home. There was no impairment of vision. | ||||||||||