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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 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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During the year her visits were as follows:—
| Visits re cases of Measles, Chicken Pox, Whooping Cough, Mumps, and Pneumonia | 1,168 |
| Visits re suspected cases of Infectious Disease | 704 |
| Infant Welfare Visits | 672 |
| Ante-Natal Visits | 24 |
| Inspections on complaint by occupiers | 186 |
| Other visits | 198 |
| Visits, but no reply obtainable | 223 |
| Total | 3,175 |
DISINFECTION OF VERMINOUS PERSONS AND THEIR
BELONGINGS.
Eight dwellings and 74 articles were cleansed and disinfected
at the Council's disinfecting station in cases of verminous persons.
TUBERCULOSIS.
The following table shows the number of notifications of Pulmonary and other forms of Tuberculosis received during the year:—
| Ward. | Pulmonary. | Other. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fresh Cases. | Old Cases re-notified. | Duplicates. | Fresh Cases. | Old Cases re-notified. | Duplicates. | |
| Town | 9 | 1 | 7 | 4 | - | - |
| Chase | 13 | 1 | 20 | 13 | — | 1 |
| Ordnance | 11 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Green Street and Ponders End | 35 | 5 | 36 | 7 | 1 | |
| Bush Hill Park | 14 | — | 16 | — | — | — |
| Hadley and Cock-fosters | - | - | - | — | — | — |
| Totals | 82 | 8 | 97 | 27 | 1 | 2 |