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[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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TABLE III.—Cases of Infectious Diseases notified during the year 1923.
Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | Deaths. | |||||||||||||||
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At Ages—Years. | At Ages—Years. | |||||||||||||||||
At all ages. | | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Totals. | ||
Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Cholera—Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Diphtheria (including Membraneous Croup) | 20 | — | 5 | 11 | 4 | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 4 |
Diphtheria Carriers | 5 | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Erysipelas | 10 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Scarlet Fever | 84 | 1 | 19 | 47 | 10 | 7 | — | — | 67 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 |
Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Enteric Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Paratvphoid Fever A | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Continued Fever | ||||||||||||||||||
Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Measles | 507 | 16 | 143 | 338 | 4 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
German Measles | 5 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Cerebro spinal Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 90 | — | 1 | 16 | 31 | 31 | 17 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 15 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 50 |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 20 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Pneumonia | 52 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 4 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 47 |
Totals | 803 | 24 | 184 | 432 | 60 | 62 | 35 | 6 | 85 | 5 | 1 3 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 32 | 15 | 106 |