London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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| Measles | 11 |
| German Measles | 83 |
| Mumps | 28 |
| Whooping Cough | 25 |
| Chicken pox | 18 |
| Scarlet Fever | 48 |
| Diphtheria | 14 |
| Paratyphoid | 1 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 2 |
| Number of home visits | 1,874 |
| Number of school visits | 272 |
| Number of school visits for routine examination of heads | 156 |
| Total number of heads examined | 32,400 |
| Number of individual children found unclean | 1,107 |
| Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken | — |
TREATMENT CLINICS.
Tonsils and Adenoids:—
Number of cases seen at clinics 211
Number of cases operated under the Authority's Scheme 114
Number of cases operated by private arrangement17
Ringworm.- Your cases were seen and treated at the clinics.
Impetigo.—Twenty-six cases were treated at the clinics.
Scabies.—Thirty-four cases were treated.
Other Skin Diseases.—Sixty-four cases were seen and treated
at the clinics.
Eye Diseases.— Seventy-five cases were treated.
Ear Diseases.—Thirty-nine cases were treated at the minor
ailment clinics.
The total number of children examined during the year, excluding
those attending the Dental Department, was 4,848.