Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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TABLE III.—C ases of I nfectious D iseases notified during the Y ear 1936.
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | Deaths. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages—Years. | 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 upwards. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Totals. | ||
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera—Plague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria (inc. Membranous Croup) | 68 | - | 13 | 48 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 63 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria Carriers | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 32 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 213 | - | 40 | 133 | 16 | 22 | 2 | - | 176 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid Fever | 3 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Relapsing Fever Continued Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 80 | - | 1 | 3 | 21 | 37 | 17 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 60 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 12 | - | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 4 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 3 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 58 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | — | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 19 | 57 |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 481 | 10 | 77 | 207 | 50 | 86 | 41 | 10 | 262 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 32 | 37 | 23 | 127 |