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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TABLE III —Cases of Infectious Diseases notified during the year 1938.
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 (inc. Membranous Croup) | 57 | 1 | 15 | 34 | 5 | 2 | — | - | 50 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Diphtheria Carriers | 2 | - | — | 2 | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Erysipelas | 32 | - | — | 5 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Scarlet Fever | 190 | 1 | 36 | 131 | 12 | 9 | 1 | - | 157 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Typhoid Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Relapsing Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Continued Fever | ||||||||||||||||||
Puerperal Pyrexia | 10 | - | — | — | 1 | 9 | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | - | — | — | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | - | — | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 115 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 53 | 24 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 11 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 40 |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 20 | - | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Pneumonia | 98 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 7 | - | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 67 |
Dysentery | 114 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Totals | 645 | 18 | 95 | 251 | 57 | 138 | 69 | 250 | 250 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 28 | 20 | 120 |