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Enfield 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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ENTERITIS.
Twenty deaths of children under two years of age occurred
from this disease during the year. Of this number seventeen were
of children under one year of age.
None of these deaths occurred in children under the age of one
month.
ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
The following table shows the deaths registered in the District from the seve'n chief zymotic diseases during the past five years:—
| Disease. | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | - | - | - | - | - |
| * Scarlet Fever | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| *Diphtheria | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 5 |
| *Measles | 7 | — | 8 | — | 4 |
| *Enteric Fever | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | — |
| *Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | — |
| Epidemic Enteritis | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 11 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 12 |
*The actual Enfield deaths were: Diphtheria, 0; Scarlet
Fever, 1; Whooping Cough, 0; Measles, 3; and Enteric Fever, 0.
The figures for Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Measles and Enteric
F. ver include all the deaths that occurred in the Enfield and
Edmonton Joint Isolation Hospital, which is situated in the Enfield
District. Patients belonging to other districts are also received,
so that the figures for Enfield residents only are therefore smaller
than those given above.
ENFIELD ZYMOTIC DEATH-RATE.
The zymotic death-rate, after deducting eight deaths of persons
residing outside the District who died in Institutions in the District,
and adding two deaths which occurred outside the District is 0.06
per 1,000 population.