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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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| No. | Removed. | Deaths | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | — | — | — | |
| Cholera—Plague | — | — | — | |
| Diphtheria (mc. Membranous Croup) | 27 | 5 | ||
| Diphtheria Carriers | — | — | — | |
| Erysipelas | 14 | 5 | — | |
| Scarlet Fever | 69 | |||
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 4 | 4 | — | |
| Continued Fever | - | - | - | |
| Relapsing Fever | ||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 14 | 14 | 1 | |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 3 | — | |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 128 | 54 | ||
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 14 | — | 9 | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | |
| Food Poisoning | 3 | — | — | |
| Malaria | — | — | — | |
| Pneumonia | 55 | 7 | 70 | |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | |
| Polio Encephalitis | — | — | — | |
| Measles | 279 | 6 | — | |
| Whooping Cough | 91 | — | ||
| Totals | 722 | 146 | 139 | |
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION.
Through the services of the Council 225 individuals were immunised
during 1940.
ERADICATION OF BED BUGS.
Number of Council houses found to be infested 10
Number of Council houses disinfested 10
Number of other houses found to be infested 18
Number of other houses disinfested 18
The following report, in condensed form, gives details of the
work of the Sanitary Inspectors during the year 1940,