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 21 deaths of persons from outside the district who died in the Isolation Hospital (which is situate in Enfield), is 0.40 per thousand.
Disease. | 1919. | 1920. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Deaths. | Death-rate. | Deaths. | Death-rate. | |
Scarlet Fever | 1 | .01 | 1 | .01 |
Diphtheria | 6 | 09 | 13 | .21 |
Enteric Fever | ... | .00 | ... | .00 |
Erysipelas | 3 | .04 | ... | .00 |
Measles | 1 | .01 | 8 | .12 |
Whooping Cough | 2 | .03 | 3 | .04 |
Epidemic Enteritis | 1 | .01 | ... | .00 |
Totals | 14 | .22 | 25 | .40 |
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Scarlet Fever.
Three-hundred-and-six cases of Scarlet Fever occurred during the year in 234 houses, as follows:—
No. of houses where 1 case occurred | 193 |
„ „ 2 cases „ | 27 |
„ „ 3 „ „ | 10 |
„ „ 4 „ „ | 3 |
„ „17 „ „ | 1 |
Total number of houses where cases occurred | 234 |
Total number of cases 306