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Enfield 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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and adding one death of an Enfield resident registered outside the District, is 0.09 per 1,000.
| Disease. | 1922. | 1923. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths. | Death-rate | Deaths. | Death-rate | |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | .01 | 2 | 03 |
| Diphtheria | 7 | .11 | 4 | .06 |
| Enteric Fever | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 1 | .01 | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — |
| Epidemic Enteritis | — | — | — | |
| Totals | 9 | 14 | 6 | .09 |
IV.—CAUSES OF SICKNESS.
Measles gave some anxiety, but, apart from this, other
diseases were slight.
V.—SUMMARY OF NURSING ARRANGEMENTS,
HOSPITALS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS
AVAILABLE FOR THE DISTRICT.
HOME NURSING.
The Ponders End and District Nursing Society provides two
Nurses for the assistance of the sick poor.
No financial contribution is paid to the Society by the Local
Authority.
MIDWIVES.
The Middlesex County Council is the supervising authority
under the Midwives' Acts. There were 11 Midwives practising in
the District.