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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
Enfield 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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TABLE III.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1908.
| Notifiable Disease] | Cases Notified in Whole District. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | At Ages—Years. | |||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | ||
| Small-pox | 0 | — | - | - | - | — | — | 0 |
| Cholera | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Diphtheria (includ ing Membranous Croup) | 371 | 2 | 85 | 233 | 30 | 21 | — | 270 |
| Erysipelas | 36 | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 25 | 5 | 0 |
| Scarlet Fever | 202 | — | 43 | 134 | 18 | 7 | — | 172 |
| Typhus Fever | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Enteric Fever | 5 | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | — | 0 |
| Relapsing Fever | 0 | — | — | — | — | - | — | 0 |
| Continued Fever | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Plague | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Totals | 617 | 3 | 128 | 370 | 52 | 59 | 5 | 442 |