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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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TABLE III.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1909.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | At Ages—Years. | |||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 26 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | ||
| Small-pox | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cholera | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 223 | 4 | 49 | 148 | 12 | 10 | – | 185 |
| Erysipelas | 31 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 5 | – |
| Scarlet Fever | 283 | 1 | 61 | 176 | 27 | 18 | – | 248 |
| Typhus Fever | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 |
| Relapsing Fever | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Continued Fever | 0 | – | – | – | – | –– | – | – |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 0 |
| Plague | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Consumption Notified under Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1908 | 11 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 9 | – | – |
| Notified under arrangement for voluntary notification | 34 | – | – | – | 7 | 27 | – | – |
| Totals | 588 | 6 | 111 | 326 | 51 | 89 | 5 | 436 |