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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 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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Table: TABLE III —Cases of Infectious Diseases notified during the year 1938.

TABLE III —Cases of Infectious Diseases notified during the year 1938.

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)571153452—-501-------1
Diphtheria Carriers2-—2———-----------
Erysipelas32-—54712414---------
Scarlet Fever1901361311291-157---------
Typhus Fever------------------
Typhoid Fever1----1-1---------
Paratyphoid Fever------------------
Relapsing Fever------------------
Continued Fever
Puerperal Pyrexia10-——19--7-----1--1
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis4111—1——41-------1
Poliomyelitis1--——1--1---------
Ophthalmia Neonatorum11-—----1---------
Pulmonary Tuberculosis1151272453244--11-111015240
Other forms of Tuberculosis20-274511--1-232--8
Encephalitis Lethargica--—-----------1--1
Malaria------------------
Pneumonia986143242217312197-316131867
Dysentery114725323281453---------
Totals645189525157138692502502191515212820120