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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 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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Table: ZYMOTIC DISEASES.The following Table shows the Deaths R egistered in the District from the seven chief zymotic diseases during the past five years

ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

The following Table shows the Deaths R egistered in the District from the seven chief zymotic diseases during the past five years

Disease.19161917191819191920
Small Pox...............
*Scarlet Fever.51...125
*'Diphtheria101131530
Measles...16218
*Enteric Fever314......
Whooping Cough541223
Epidemic Enteritis82...1...
Totals3135213146

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*The actual Enfield deaths were:—Scarlet Fever 1, and
Diphtheria 13.
The figures for Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria and Enteric Fever
include all the deaths that occurred in the Enfield and Edmonton
Joint Isolation Hospital, which is situate in the Enfield district, and
where patients belonging to other districts are also received.