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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 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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The follwoing table gives in deatil the cases of infectious Disease as notified for each quarter of the year, and a comparison with other years-
| Scarlet Fever. | Typhoid Fever. | Diphtheria. | Erysipelas. | Small Pox. | Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Membranous Croup. | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | '96 | '95 | '97 | '96 | '95 | '97 | '96 | '95 | '97 | '96 | '95 | '97 | '96 | '95 | '97 | '96 | '95 | '97 | '96 | '95 | '97 | '96 | '95 | |
| During 1st quarter | 95 | 40 | 295 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 23 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 14 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| During 2nd quarter | 54 | 189 | 46 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 5 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| During 3rd quarter | 48 | 214 | 33 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 21 | 33 | 27 | 8 | 8 | 1.5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| During 4th quarter | 67 | 137 | 46 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 36 | 23 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 11 | — | — | 4 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total ...... | 264 | 530 | 420 | 31 | 34 | 46 | 87 | 95 | 89 | 39 | 39 | 45 | — | 4 | 5 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
No case of Cholera or Small Pox has been reported during the year.