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Hornsey 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE IN HORNSEY SINCE 1901 ANNUAL AVERAGES FOR CERTAIN DISEASES FOR FIVE YEAR PERIODS
| Diphtheria | Scarlet Fever | Enteric or Typhoid Fever | Tuberculosis | Measles | Whooping Cough | Acute Poliomyelitis | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pul. | ||||||||||||||||
| Deaths Cases | Deaths Cases | Deaths Cases | Deaths Cases | Deaths Cases | Deaths Cases | Deaths Cases | Deaths Cases | ||||||||||
| 1901- 5 | 8.0 | 110 | 1.2 | 285 | 2.8 | 25 | 50 | 20 | 11.4 | 13.8 | NSC | ||||||
| 6-10 | 9.8 | 121 | 4.0 | 265 | 2.8 | 14 | 50 | 18 | 9.6 | 11.2 | NSC | ||||||
| 11-15 | 6.0 | 108 | 1.6 | 510 | 1.8 | 10 | 51 | * | 17 | * | 15.0 | 7.2 | NSC | × | |||
| 16-20 | 9.6 | 89 | 1.4 | 154 | .8 | 6.4 | 69 | 157 | 16 | 26 | 4.8 | 6.2 | 1.4 | 2.6 | |||
| 21-25 | 5.6 | 108 | 1.6 | 269 | .2 | 3.4 | 55 | 101 | 10 | 16 | 2.2 | 4.0 | NSC | 1.0 | |||
| 26-30 | 5.0 | 111 | 1.0 | 248 | .6 | 4.4 | 58 | 109 | 9 | 23 | 3.6 | 3.4 | NSC | 1.8 | |||
| 31-35 | 3.2 | 75 | .6 | 228 | .2 | 1.0 | 46 | 123 | 16 | 28 | 2.4 | 2.0 | NSC | 1.8 | |||
| 36-40 | 2.2 | 81 | .4 | 132 | .8 | 1.8 | 46 | 121 | 8 | 20 | 2.0 | ø | 2.2 | ø | NSC | 0.2 | |
| 41-45 | .2 | 31 | NSC | 138 | NSC | 0.2 | INA | INA | INA | INA | 1.0 | 441 | 1.4 | 140 | NSC | 0.8 | |
| 46-50 | 0 | 1.6 | NSC | 151 | NSC | 0.6 | 33 | INA | 5 | INA | 0.6 | 680 | .8 | 237 | 2.0 | 12.8 | |
| Paralytic Deaths Cases | Non-Para. × Cases | ||||||||||||||||
| 51-55 | .2 | 0.6 | NSC | 118 | NSC | 0.6 | 15 | 57 | 1.8 | 8 | 0 | 970 | 0 | 190 | 0 | 4.0 | 2.8 |
| 56-60 | 0 | 0 | NSC | 68 | NSC | 0.4 | 8 | 60 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 539 | 0 | 82 | 6 | 5.8 | 2.6 |
| ANNUAL FIGURES 1961-2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1961 | 0 | 0 | NSC | 45 | NSC | 1 | 6 | 44 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1529 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1962 | 0 | 0 | NSC | 42 | NSC | 1 | 9 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 480 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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NSC Not separately classified.
INA Information not. available.
* Tuberculosis - all forms not generally notifiable until February, 1913.
ø Measles and Whooping Cough - made notifiable October, 1939.
× Poliomyelitis - made notifiable March, 1912.
- separately classified as Paralytic and Non-Paralytic January, 1950.