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Enfield 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING THE YEARS 1952 AND 1953.

19531952
No.Removed.Deaths.No.Removed.Deaths.
Smallpox
Cholera—Plague
Diphtheria (inc. Membranous Croup)
Diphtheria Carriers
Erysipelas196256
Scarlet Fever17884343123
Typhus Fever
Typhoid Fever
Paratyphoid Fever22
Relapsing Fever
Continued Fever
Puerperal Pyrexia51464846
Meningococcal Infection7744
Poliomyelitis (Paralytic and Non-Paralytic)109216161
Acute-Encephalitis
Ophthalmia Neonatorum151511
Pulmonary Tuberculosis1431112619
Other forms of Tuberculosis151162
Food Poisoning261410
Malaria
Pneumonia10096637242
Dysentery1643181
Measles131611149130
Whooping Cough456102467
Totals250021480254623764

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 cases
Scarlet Fever146132
Measles802203286
Whooping Cough269681411
Dysentery (Sonne)74231021
Food Poisoning15111
Poliomyelitis81