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Enfield 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING THE YEARS 1951 AND 1952.

19521951
No.Removed.Deaths.No.Removed.Deaths.
Smallpox_____
Cholera—Plague
Diphtheria (inc. Membranous Croup)
Diphtheria Carriers
Erysipelas256226
Scarlet Fever34312317190_
Typhus Fever
Typhoid Fever
Paratyphoid Fever2211
Relapsing Fever \
Continued Fever J
Puerperal Pyrexia48463626
Meningococcal Infection4455
Poliomyelitis (Paralytic and Non-Paralytic) ..161611
Acute-Encephalitis
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1111
Pulmonary Tuberculosis1261911345
Other forms of Tuberculosis162155
Food Poisoning10131
Malaria
Pneumonia3724294850
Dysentery1812578
Measles149130246631
Whooping Cough2467248101
Totals2546237643443187101

The above figures are in respect of Civilians and NonCivilians.

The following table shows the number of houses in which cases of infectious diseases occurred during the year. In many instances, more than one family were occupying the houses.

Disease1 case2 cases3 cases4 cases5 cases6 cases7 cases
Scarlet Fever268333 3
Measles8342414762
Whooping Cough151349
Dysentery (Sonne)672015411
Food Poisoning62