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Enfield 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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ENFIELD ZYMOTIC DEATH-RATE.

The zymotic death-rate after deducting 21 deaths of persons from outside the district who died in the Isolation Hospital (which is situate in Enfield), is 0.40 per thousand.

Disease.1919.1920.
Deaths.Death-rate.Deaths.Death-rate.
Scarlet Fever1.011.01
Diphtheria60913.21
Enteric Fever....00....00
Erysipelas3.04....00
Measles1.018.12
Whooping Cough2.033.04
Epidemic Enteritis1.01....00
Totals14.2225.40

INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

Scarlet Fever.

Three-hundred-and-six cases of Scarlet Fever occurred during the year in 234 houses, as follows:—

No. of houses where 1 case occurred193
„ „ 2 cases „27
„ „ 3 „ „10
„ „ 4 „ „3
„ „17 „ „1
Total number of houses where cases occurred234

Total number of cases 306