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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 1912

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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Table: ENFIELD ZYMOTIC DEATH-RATE.The Zymotic Death-rate, after deducting 14 deaths of persons from outside the District who died in the Isolation Hospital (which is situate in Enfield), and adding two Enfield residents who died outside the District, is '75 per 1,000.A Zymotic Death-rate of only '75 in a District the size of Enfield is one to be proud of.

ENFIELD ZYMOTIC DEATH-RATE.

The Zymotic Death-rate, after deducting 14 deaths of persons from outside the District who died in the Isolation Hospital (which is situate in Enfield), and adding two Enfield residents who died outside the District, is '75 per 1,000.

A Zymotic Death-rate of only '75 in a District the size of Enfield is one to be proud of.

Disease.1911.1912.
Deaths.Death-rate.Deaths.Death-rate.
Scarlatina4.072.03
Diphtheria5.087.12
Enteric Fever3.052.03
Erysipelas.0.001.01
Measles28.4914.24
Whooping Cough16.278.13
Epidemic Enteritis941.499.15
15O2.6643.75

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NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
The cases of Infectious Disease notified each quarter in each
ward were as set out in the accompanying table :—