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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 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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Table: NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING THE YEARS 1949 AND 1950.

NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING THE YEARS 1949 AND 1950.

No.1950 Removed.Deaths.1949
No.Removed.Deaths.
Smallpox------
Cholera-Plague------
Diphtheria (inc. Mem branous Croup)------
Diphtheria Carriers------
Erysipelas202-194-
Scarlet Fever14960-175103-
Typhus Fever------
Typhoid Fever------
Paratyphoid Fever11----
Relapsing Fever------
Continued Fever------
Puerperal Pyrexia1313-108-
Meningococcal Infection11-11-
Poliomyelitis (including polioencephalitis Para lytic)87217172
Polio-Encephalitis---111
Ophthalmia Neonatorum22-55-
Pulmonary Tuberculosis135-20132-37
Other forms of Tuberculosis16--12-5
Encephalitis Lethargica------
Food Poisoning138111-
Malaria1--2--
Pneumonia9763785751
Dysentery24--76-
Measles34413-134428-
Whooping Cough3325-55916-
Totals115611860237019796

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The above figures are in respect of Civilians and NonCivilians.

Table: The following table shows the number of houses in which cases of infectious diseases occurred during the year. In many instances, more than one family were occupying the houses.

The following table shows the number of houses in which cases of infectious diseases occurred during the year. In many instances, more than one family were occupying the houses.

Disease1 case2 cases3 cases4 cases
Scarlet Fever12891-
Measles2224582
Whooping Cough2014552