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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Number of Children in Enfield born in 1965 : 4,248 | |||
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Immunisation against | No. of Children Immunised (Enfield) | Acceptance Rate per cent | |
Enfield | England & Wales (Provisional) | ||
Diphtheria | 3,501 | 82.4 | 73 |
Whooping Cough | 3,253 | 76.5 | 72 |
Tetanus | 3,501 | 82.6 | 73 |
Poliomyelitis | 3,544 | 83.4 | 68 |
Smallpox | 2,659 | 62.5 | 38 |
Tuberculosis Statistics of Chest Clinics
1 Number of cases of tuberculosis under treatment or supervision at 31st December, 1967 : | |||||||||||||
Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | ||||||||||||
Men | Women | Children | Total | Men | Women | Children | Total | ||||||
1,076 | 744 | 92 | 1,912 | 73 | 119 | 10 | 202 | ||||||
2 Number of cases of respiratory tuberculosis under Section 1 above, new to the clinic (but excluding transfers from other clinics) during the year ended 31st December, 1967 : | |||||||||||||
Classification * | Non-Bacteriologically Confirmed | Bacteriologically Confirmed | |||||||||||
Men | Women | Children | Total | Men | Women | Children | Total | ||||||
Group I | 43 | 64 | 13 | 120 | 7 | 1 | — | 8 | |||||
Group II | 40 | 29 | — | 69 | 5 | 2 | — | 7 | |||||
Group III | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | |||||
83 | 93 | 13 | 189 | 14 | 3 | — | 17 | ||||||
3 Number of cases of non-respiratory tuberculosis included in Section 1 above, new to the clinic (but excluding transfers from other clinics) during the year ended 31st December, 1967 : | |||||||||||||
Men | Women | Children | Total | ||||||||||
6 | 2 | — | 8 | ||||||||||
4 Number of cases included in Section 1 above, whose broncho-pulmonary secretion was positive during the year 21. | |||||||||||||
* The three sub-divisions of new respiratory cases are estimated as follows from the standard P.A. film : | |||||||||||||
Group I — | |||||||||||||
Total area of disease not exceeding one-third of one lung in aggregate. Group II — | |||||||||||||
Total area of disease not exceeding two-thirds of one lung in aggregate. Group III — | |||||||||||||
Total area of disease exceeding (including miliary disease) two-thirds of one lung in aggregate. | |||||||||||||
Tuberculous pleural effusions, pleural thickening without obvious lung involvement and enlarged hilar glands are placed in Group I. |