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Enfield 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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| Institution. | Accommodation. | Type of case. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults. | Children. | |||
| M. | F. | |||
| County Sanatorium, Harefield | 150 | 150 | 60 | Pulmonary—Sanatorium. |
| 4 | 4 | 10 | Pulmonary—Observation. | |
| County Sanatorium, Clare Hall, South Mimms | 132 | 66 | — | Pulmonary—late sanatorium and Hospital. |
| White House, Milford | - | 24 | — | Pulmonary. |
| Royal Chest Hospital | 24 | — | Pulmonary. | |
| Victoria Home, Margate | - | - | 6 | Non-pulmonary. |
Patients are also sent to numerous other Voluntary Hospitals
and Sanatoria.
TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY (Middlesex County Council).—
279, Fore Street, Edmonton, N.
MATERNITY.—(Maternity Hospital, North Middlesex County
Hospital, Edmonton).
Children, Fever, Small-pox, Unmarried Mothers, Illegitimate Infants
and Homeless Children.
The position with regard to the above has not altered since my
Report for 1932, and for information in respect to these reference
thereto is advised.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
The following cases of notifiable and other infectious disease were taken to the Edmonton and Enfield Joint Isolation Hospital from the Enfield District during the year:—
| Scarlet Fever | 157 |
| Diphtheria | 50 |
| Erysipelas | 14 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 1 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 4 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 7 |
| Dysentery | 3 |
| ?Diphtheria | 4 |