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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 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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Table: TABLE III. —Cases of Infectious Diseases notified during the year 1937.

TABLE III. —Cases of Infectious Diseases notified during the year 1937.

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)1322318855-1132-112----4
Diphtheria Carriers4-----------------
Erysipelas26-1--1011410---------
Scarlet Fever161-291071591-137---------
Typhus Fever------------------
Typhoid Fever2-1--1--1---------
Paratyphoid Fever1-1---------------
Relapsing Fever------------------
Continued Fever
Puerperal Fever3---12--1-----1--1
Puerperal Pyrexia7---34--2---------
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis1---1---1---------
Poliomyelitis------------------
Ophthalmia Neonatorum55------1---------
Pulmonary Tuberculosis99-142345215----182318151
Other forms of Tuberculosis3014134521-1--5-2-19
Encephalitis Lethargica2————11—----———2-2
Malaria------------------
Pneumonia50161631662-1733123132062
Dysentery113623441191281---------
Totals63615972756610854212861844910293322129