[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of].

  • Hornsey (London, England). Municipal Borough.
Date:
[1920?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ]] Equal to a death-rate per 1,000 births of— Accident 2 1.7 Convulsions 1 0.84 Rickets 1 0.84 Cerebro,Spinal Fever 1 0.84 Other causes 14 11.8 76 639 Deaths under one year of age of Illegitimate Chil dren.—There were 33 illegitimate births registered during the year, and 7 deaths under one year of age of illegitimate children occurred. This gives an infantile mortality among illegitimate children of 212. The number of legitimate births registered was 1,155, and the number of deaths under one year of age of legitimate children was 69. This gives an infantile mortality among legitimate chil dren of 51. Infectious Diseases.— The cases of Infectious Disease notified during 1919 were as follows:— Scarlet Fever . 203 Diphtheria 87 Enteric Fever 6 Malaria 21 Dysentery 2 Measles 224 German Measles 285 Puerperal Fever 4 Erysipelas 42 Ophthalmia Neonatorum 5 Pneumonia 112 Cerebro-spinal Fever 4 Encephalitis Lethargica 2 Poliomyelitis 1 Polio Encephalitis 3 Phthisis ... 168 Other forms of Tuberculosis 25 1,194 13