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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 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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Table: BACTERIOLOGICAL WORK.All the Bacteriological work is done in my own laboratory, including the preparation of media, cultivation of growths, etc. Every swab is "planted," and grown in an incubator.

BACTERIOLOGICAL WORK.

All the Bacteriological work is done in my own laboratory, including the preparation of media, cultivation of growths, etc. Every swab is "planted," and grown in an incubator.

No.PositiveNegativePercentage of Positives.
Swabs98710987811.04
Sputum1964714923.97
Widal52340.00
Totals1,1881581,03013.29

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VACCINATION.
I have received the following information from Mr. Inns, the
Vaccination Officer, in respect of children vaccinated up to June,
1915 :—
Number of cases on lists 1306
Vaccinated 399
Exempted 516
Removed 123
Dead 72
Not otherwise accounted for 196
SCHOOLS.
There are 22 Public Elementary Schools in Enfield, including
a Deaf Centre—52 departments in all.
The Secondary Schools include the Boys' Grammar School
and the County School for Girls, also one large and a number of
small private establishments.
There is also the Poor Law School, known as Chase Farm
Schools, and a Roman Catholic Institution known as the St.
Joseph's Home for Destitute Boys.
Periodical examinations of the conditions of the Public Elementary
Schools are made by one of the Inspectors, and any defects
found are brought to the notice of the Education Committee and
Managers, with the result that they are usually remedied without
delay.
I consider that the sanitary conditions are quite satisfactory.