London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Enfield 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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It is the duty of the midwife who discovers that a child is
suffering from discharge from the eyes, to notify the County Medical
Officer immediately. A local practitioner is then called in to see
the case, whose duty it is to notify me forthwith. The child is
visited by one of the Maternity and Child Welfare Nurses who reports
thereon to me, and the information is passed on to the County
Medical Officer of Health.
TUBERCULOSIS.
The following table shows the number of notifications of Pulmonary and Other Forms of Tuberculosis received during the year
| Ward. | Pulmonary. | Other. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fresh Cases. | Old Cases re-notified. | Duplicates. | Fresh Cases. | Old Cases re-notified. | Duplicates. | |
| Town | 8 | - | 9 | 1 | - | |
| Chase | 7 | 1 | 20 | 2 | - | 3 |
| Ordnance | 22 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Green Street and Ponders End | 28 | 4 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Bush Hill Park | 12 | - | 40 | 4 | - | 2 |
| Hadley and Cock-fosters | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 77 | 7 | 150 | 12 | 2 | 7 |
First Notifications, including transfer notifications 89
Old Cases re-notified, i.e., some by fresh doctors, or
under old Regulations 9
Duplicate Notifications, i.e., those which report the
entering and leaving of Sanatoria 157
Total Notifications 255
The following table gives particulars of the ages of the new
cases notified, and deaths from this disease during the year:—