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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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During the year, the following cases were admitted from Enfield to the South Lodge Isolation Hospital.
| Para-typhoid Fever | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 5 |
| Scarlet Fever | 87 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 3 |
| Croup | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | 1 |
| Pneumonia and Pleurisy | 8 |
| Measles | 30 |
| Whooping Cough | 10 |
| Gastro Enteritis | 6 |
| Chicken Pox | 5 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 |
| Glandular Fever | 1 |
| Inflamed Eyes | 1 |
| Infective Hepatitis | 1 |
| Dysentery | 5 |
| 167 |
LABORATORY FACILITIS3
The examination of all specimens is now carried out by the
Public Health Laboratory Service either at the Central Laboratory,
Colindale, or the branch laboratory situated at the Town Hall
Edmonton.
The following table sets out the record of examinations carried out and the results.
T hroat and N ose S wabs.
| Diphtheria Bacilli | — | |
| Haemolytic Streptococci | 137 | |
| Vincent's Angina | 10 | |
| Negative | 498 | |
| 645 | ||
| C/fwd | 645 |