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Medical Officer of Health; and August 1st onwards,
when I commenced my duties, but by
arrangement with Dr. E. M. Ridge, I have included
the statistics for the whole year in this
report.
The year 1908 has proved to be an anxious
one. Shortly after my term of office commenced
an outbreak of Diphtheria appeared, which threw
great strain both on your Sanitary officials and
on the Hospital accommodation, but I think 1
may fairly claim that all the difficulties were
successfully met. A copy of my special Report
on the Diphtheria epidemic is included at the end
of this report.
Population.
The population of Enfield as ascertained at
the last census of 1901 was 42,738, and the
estimated population in the middle of 1908 was
56,185. The total area of the district is 12,600
acres, until recently divided into five wards.

showing an increase on the previous year of 382
houses, with a decrease of 36 uninhabited ones.