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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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| Form. | Males. | Females. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | 69 | 46 | 115 |
| Other | 13 | 7 | 20 |
| Totals | 82 | 53 | 135 |
The number of cases, also deaths from this disease, in the different Wards during the year is shown in the following table, viz.:—
| Ward. | Pulmonary. | Other. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | |
| North-East | 29 | 11 | 5 | 1 |
| South-East | 31 | 9 | 6 | 4 |
| Central | 32 | 13 | 5 | 2 |
| West | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| Totals | 115 | 40 | 20 | 8 |
Ten per cent, of the cases dying of Tuberculosis had not
previously been notified.
As reported previously, the mortality from Tuberculosis is
most severe during what should be the healthiest and most active
period of life.
Of the 135 first notifications received during the year, 76 weie
in persons between 20 and 45 years of age, and of the 48 deaths,
21 were in the same age period.
Cancer and Consumption are still the present scourges of our
generation and account for a large proportion of ill-health and
premature death.
If these two diseases could be prevented, the expectation of
life would be materially lengthened.