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Enfield 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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The zymotic death-rate, after deducting 17 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 0 52 per thousand.
| Disease. | 1912. | 1913. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths. | Death-rate. | Deaths. | Death-rate. | |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | .03 | 1 | .01 |
| Diphtheria | 7 | .12 | 6 | .10 |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | .03 | 0 | .00 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | .01 | 0 | .00 |
| Measles | 14 | .24 | 8 | .13 |
| Whooping Cough | 8 | .13 | 3 | .05 |
| Epidemic Enteritis | 9 | .15 | 13 | .22 |
| 43 | .75 | 31 | .52 | |
A zymotic death-rate of 0.52 in a District the size of Enfield
signifies two things; first, that the type of infectious disease prevalent
in the District is a mild one as a whole, and secondly, that the
treatment given by the Staff of the Isolation Hospital is exceedingly
efficient, which, no0 doubt, is in a great measure due to the very
effective and constant attention given by the Medical Superintendent.
It is within the bounds of possibility that we may get even a
lower rate another year, as Dr. Cook has now taken up his residence
at the Hospital, and devotes his whole time to the service of the
Joint Board.
NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
The cases of Infectious Disease notified each quarter in each
ward were as set out in the accompanying table :—