London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Enfield 1919

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

This page requires JavaScript

Table: TABLE II. Cases of Infectious Diseases notified during the year 1919.

TABLE II. Cases of Infectious Diseases notified during the year 1919.

Notifiable Disease.Number of Cases Notified.Total Cases Notitied in Each Ward.Total Cases Removed to Hospital.
At Ages—Years.
At all Ages.Under 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 45.45 and under 65.65 and upwardsTown.Chase.ord nanceGreen st. and ponders End.Bush Hill Park.Hadley and Cock-fasters.
Small Pox0..........................................
Cholera. Plague0.......................................
Diphtheria (including Membraneous Croup)561153532......1892215145
Diphtheria Carriers2......2..................11.........
Erysipelas26112489126549......
Scarlet Fever276132213228.........954978337184
Typhus Fever0..........................................
Enteric Fever0..........................................
Relapsing Fever Continued Fever0..........................................
Puerperal Fever0..........................................
Measles454617526751......3318321192223...
German Measles38...9245.........598871...
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis1......1.....................1.........
Poliomyelitis0..........................................
Ophthalmia Neonatorum88.....................2213......
Pulmonary Tuberculosis106......102557...1918263716......
Other forms of Tuberculosis2116473......3674.........
Encephalitis Lethargica3.........111...1......11......
Malaria2.........11............11.........
Totals99318238558738l2326832712935010712229