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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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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 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Chase | 18 | 2 | 46 | 8 | — | 2 |
| Ordnance | 38 | 3 | 47 | 12 | 1 | — |
| Green Street and Ponders End | 23 | 2 | 33 | 5 | - | 1 |
| Bush Hill Park | 9 | 1 | 18 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Hadley and Cock-fosters | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Totals | 99 | 9 | 165 | 30 | 1 | 5 |
First Notifications, including transfer restoration
to Register and Death Return notifications 129
Old Cases re-notified, i.e., some by fresh doctors 10
Duplicate Notifications, i.e., those which report the
entering and leaving of Sanatoria 170
Total Notifications 309
The following table gives particulars of the ages of the new cases notified, and deaths from this disease during the year:—
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory. | Non-Respiratory | Respiratory. | Non-Respiratory. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| 1 to 5 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 5 to 10 | — | 3 | 4 | 4 | — | — | 3 | — |
| 10 to 15 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 to 20 | — | 5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 20 to 25 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | — |
| 25 to 35 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | — | 1 |
| 35 to 45 | 10 | 5 | 1 | — | 7 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 45 to 55 | 6 | 3 | 2 | — | 5 | 3 | — | — |
| 55 to 65 | 6 | 4 | — | — | 7 | 3 | — | — |
| 65 and upwards | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Totals | 49 | 50 | 17 | 13 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 4 |