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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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SCARLET FEVER.
Two-hundred-and-forty-nine cases of Scarlet Fever occurred
during the year in 211 houses, as follows:—
Number of houses where 1 case occurred 188
Number of houses where 2 cases occurred 16
Number of houses where 3 cases occurred 5
Number of houses where 4 cases occurred 1
Number of houses (Chase Farm Schools) where 10
cases occurred 1
Total number of houses where cases occurred. 211
Total number of cases 249
Deaths 2
DIPHTHERIA.
Forty-five cases of this disease occurred during the year
in 27 houses, as follows:—
Number of houses where 1 case occurred 21
Number of houses where 2 cases occurred 1
Number of houses where 3 cases occurred 3
Number of houses where 4 cases occurred 1
Number of houses (Chase Farm Schools) where 9
cases occurred 1
Total number of houses where cases occurred 27
Total number of cases 45
Deaths 2
DIPHTHERIA CARRIERS.
Twelve cases of this disease occurred during the year in 11 houses
as follows:—
Number of houses where 1 case occurred 10
Number of houses (Chase Farm Schools) where 2
cases occurred 1
Total number of houses where cases occurred 11
Total number of cases 12