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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ENFIELD ZYMOTIC DEATH-RATE.
The zymotic death-rate, after deducting 4 deaths of persons from outside the district who died in the Isolation Hospital (which is situate in Enfield), is 0.22 per thousand.
Disease. | 1918. | 1919. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Deaths. | Death-rate. | Deaths. | Death-rate. | |
Scarlet Fever | ... | .00 | . | .01 |
Diphtheria | ... | .00 | 6 | .09 |
Enteric Fever | 3 | .04 | ... | .00 |
Erysipelas | 1 | .01 | 3 | .04 |
Measles | 2 | .03 | 1 | .01 |
Whooping Cough | 12 | .19 | 2 | .03 |
Epidemic Enteritis | ... | .00 | 1 | .01 |
Totals | 18 | .29 | 14 | .22 |
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Scarlet Fever.
Two hundred and seventy-six cases of Scarlet Fever occurred during the year in 176 houses, as follows:—
No. of houses where 1 case occurred | 143 |
,, ,, ,, 2 cases ,, | 24 |
,, ,, ,, 3 ,, ,, | 5 |
,, ,, ,, 4 ,, ,, | 2 |
,, ,, ,, 5 ,, ,, | 1 |
,, ,, ,, 57 ,, ,, | 1 |
Total number of houses where cases occurred | 176 |
Total number of cases 276 |