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 1966 : | 4,241 | ||
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Immunisation | No. of Children | Acceptance Rate per cent | |
Against | Immunised (Enfield) | Enfield | England & Wales |
Diphtheria | 3,649 | 86.0 | 79 |
Whooping Cough | 3,395 | 80.0 | 77 |
Tetanus | 3,645 | 85.9 | Not Available |
Poliomyelitis | 3,560 | 83.9 | 77 |
Smallpox | 2,780 | 65.5 | 38 |
Measles | 699 | 16.5 | Not Available |
Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | ||||||||||||
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Men | Women | Children | Total | Men | Women | Children | Total | ||||||
1,060 | 744 | 97 | 1,901 | 67 | 119 | 11 | 197 | ||||||
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, 1968 : | |||||||||||||
Classification | Non-Bacteriologically * Confirmed | Bacteriologically Confirmed | |||||||||||
Men | Women | Children | Total | Men | Women | Children | Total | ||||||
Group I | 52 | 29 | 23 | 104 | 5 | 1 | — | 6 | |||||
Group II | 99 | 87 | — | 186 | 6 | 4 | — | 10 | |||||
Group III | 5 | 2 | — | 7 | 9 | 3 | — | 12 | |||||
156 | 118 | 23 | 297 | 20 | 8 | — | 28 | ||||||
3 Number of cases of non-respiratory tuberculosis included in Section 1 above, new to the clinic (but excluding tranfers from other clinics) during the year ended 31st December, 1968 : | |||||||||||||
Men 1 | Women 10 | Children 1 | Total 12 | ||||||||||
4 Number of cases included in Section 1 above, whose broncho-pulmonary secretion was positive during the year . 40. * 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. |