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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 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
| DISEASE | Number notified | Known to be treated in hospital | Attack rate per 1,000 population | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acute Meningitis | 7 | 7 | 0.03 | 4 |
| Dysentery | 29 | 5 | 0.11 | - |
| Food Poisoning | 34 | 3 | 0.13 | — |
| Infective Jaundice | 47 | 9 | 0.18 | — |
| Measles | 1,660 | 16 | 6.32 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 121 | 1 | 0.46 | — |
| Tuberculosis: | ||||
| (a) Respiratory | 43 | 7 | 0.06 | 3 |
| (to) Other Forms | 15 | 7 | 0.06 | 1 |
| Typhoid Fever | 2 | 2 | 0.01 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 141 | 5 | 0.54 | — |
| Age in Years | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Other Forms | Respiratory | other Forms | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | - |
| 1 - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 5 - | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25 - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 35 - | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 45 - | - | 5 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| 55 - | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 65 - | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 75 and over | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Age unknown | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| TOTALS | 17 | 26 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 |
During the past year there were inward transfers to the Borough of 21 notified
cases of respiratory tuberculosis.
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