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Enfield 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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DIPHTHERIA
During the year only three cases of Diphtheria occurred in the
district, showing a decrease of 17 cases on the previous year's
figure.
The three cases, two of which were fatal, occurred in children
who had not been immunised.
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION
Through the services of the Council 1,321 children were
immunised for the first time and 763 received subsequent reinforcing
doses during the year.
The number of parents accepting this service for their
children is not sufficiently high to warrant any sense of security.
The following Table gives particulars of the ages of the new cases notified and deaths from this disease during the year.
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory. | Non-Respiratory. | Respiratory. | Non-Respiratory | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 to 5 | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 5 to 10 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 10 to 15 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 15 to 20 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — |
| 20 to 25 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | — | — |
| 25 to 35 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | — | — |
| 35 to 45 | 7 | 10 | 1 | — | 3 | 5 | — | — |
| 45 to 55 | 12 | 4 | — | 1 | 8 | 1 | — | — |
| 55 to 65 | 4 | — | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| 65 and upwards | 3 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| Totals | 56 | 53 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 15 | 2 | - |
MASS RADIOGRAPHY FOR DETECTION OF
TUBERCULOSIS
Following upon representations by the Council to the
Middlesex County Council, a County Council Mass X-Ray Unit
visited Enfield in October and November and operated for five
weeks at The Enfield Cable Works, Brimsdown.
All the other local factories were invited to co-operate and
arrangements were made for their employees to attend for the