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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TABLE II.—Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1914.
Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in Each Ward. | Total Cases removed to Hospital | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | ||||||||||||||
Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and up-wards. | Chase. | Town. | Ordnance. | Green St and Ponders End. | Bush Hill Park. | Hadley and Cock-foster. | |||
Small Pox | 0 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cholera and Plague | 0 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 84 | 3 | 21 | 51 | 7 | 2 | ... | ... | 26 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 74 |
Erysipelas | 39 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 8 | ... | 11 | 9 | 11 | ... | ... |
Scarlet Fever | 221 | 1 | 40 | 153 | 17 | 10 | ... | ... | 80 | 18 | 87 | 13 | 23 | ... | 186 |
Typhus Fever | 0 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Enteric Fever | 7 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 4 |
Relapsing Fever (R) Continued Fever (C) | 0 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Puerperal Fever | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | 1 | ... | ... |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 0 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Poliomyelitis | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 9 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 102 | ... | ... | 11 | 30 | 51 | 10 | ... | 16 | 1 | 23 | 38 | 23 | 1 | ... |
Other forms of tuberculosis | 52 | ... | 12 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 1 | ... | 9 | ... | 21 | 13 | 9 | ... | ... |
Totals | 524 | 13 | 73 | 246 | 73 | 88 | 26 | 5 | 144 | 28 | 167 | 99 | 83 | 3 | 264 |