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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 WARDS
| Highgate | Muswell Hill | Crouch End | Central Hornsey | North Harringay | South Harringay | Stroud Green | Finsbury Park | TOTALS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 42 |
| Whooping cough | - | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 23 |
| Measles | 11 | 27 | 28 | 109 | 61 | 15 | 136 | 93 | 480 |
| Acute pneumonia | - | 2 | - | 9 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 44 |
| Dysentery | - | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | - | 23 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | - | 13 |
| Food poisoning | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 7 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Typhoid fever | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| TOTALS | 16 | 49 | 38 | 134 | 100 | 33 | 170 | 96 | 636 |