Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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| notifiable disease. | No. of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward. | Removed to Hospital from each Ward. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | Under 1. | 1 to 5. | At Ages—Years. | 85 and upwards. | 1 North Ward. | 2 East Ward. | 3 West Ward. | 4 j North Ward. | 5 East Ward. | 6 West Ward. | |||||
| 5 to 15. | 15-to 25. | 25 t» 45. | 46 to 65. | ||||||||||||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera—Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous croup | 87 | 3 | 22 | 45 | 7 | 10 | ... | ... | 11 | 40 | 36 | 5 | 30 | 28 | 63 |
| Erysipelas | 29* | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | 120* | 1 | 29 | 59 | 21 | 6 | 2 | ... | 38 | 35 | 47 | 29 | 30 | 27 | 86 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever | |||||||||||||||
| Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Poliomyelitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 68 | ... | ... | 4 | 16 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 25 | 22 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 16 | ... | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | 5 | 9 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 329 | 8 | 56 | 115 | 50 | 65 | 26 | 5 | 88 | 127 | 114 | 35 | 61 | 58 | 154 |
Isolation Hospital or Hospitals,
Sanatoria, etc.
The Borough of Hornsey Isolation Hospital, Muswell Hill, N.,
The Small Pox Hospital, Summers Lane, North Finchley.
*In four of these cases the ages of the patients could not be ascertained, and therefore cannot be allocated.