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Enfield 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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Zymotic Diseases.

Table: Those for Enfield alone being as stated in the next table following, viz., Scarlet Fever G, Diphtheria 19, and Enteric 0.

Those for Enfield alone being as stated in the next table following, viz., Scarlet Fever G, Diphtheria 19, and Enteric 0.

19051906190719081909
Small Pox00000
Scarlatina4715169
Diphtheria26155326
Measles121110633
Enteric Fever03126
Whooping Cough1571239
Epidemic Enteritis366620419
691007384112

Table: The zymotic death-rate, after deducting 16 deaths of persons from outside this district who died in the Isolation Hospital is 1.48 per 1000 for 1909, the increase on the previous year (.88) being explained in the following table:—

The zymotic death-rate, after deducting 16 deaths of persons from outside this district who died in the Isolation Hospital is 1.48 per 1000 for 1909, the increase on the previous year (.88) being explained in the following table:—

Deaths.Death rate.
Scarlatina6.10
Diphtheria19.33
Enteric Fever00.00
Measles33.57
Whooping Cough9.15
Epidemic Enteritis19.33
861.48