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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 1963
[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 | 9 | 2 | 13 | - | 3 | 9 | 2 | 40 |
| Whooping cough | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 14 | - | 43 |
| Measles | 77 | 102 | 21 | 30 | 56 | 75 | 75 | 45 | 481 |
| Acute pneumonia | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 59 |
| Dysentery | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 17 |
| Food poisoning | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 4 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 5 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Typhoid fever | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Ac encephalitis Infective | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Post infectious | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| TOTALS | 89 | 132 | 36 | 52 | 99 | 88 | Ill | 50 | 657 |