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 Enfield]
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TABLE III.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1909.
Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At all Ages | At Ages—Years. | |||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 26 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | ||
Small-pox | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Cholera | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 223 | 4 | 49 | 148 | 12 | 10 | – | 185 |
Erysipelas | 31 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 5 | – |
Scarlet Fever | 283 | 1 | 61 | 176 | 27 | 18 | – | 248 |
Typhus Fever | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Enteric Fever | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 |
Relapsing Fever | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Continued Fever | 0 | – | – | – | – | –– | – | – |
Puerperal Fever | 4 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 0 |
Plague | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Consumption Notified under Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1908 | 11 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 9 | – | – |
Notified under arrangement for voluntary notification | 34 | – | – | – | 7 | 27 | – | – |
Totals | 588 | 6 | 111 | 326 | 51 | 89 | 5 | 436 |