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. | |||||||||||||||
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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 |