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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES
INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND SCHOOLS
| 1955. | 1954. | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of children notified by Head Teachers to be absent from School due to :_ (a) Infectious Disease or suspected Infectious Disease | 454 | 416 |
| (b) Contact with Infectious Disease | 15 | 8 |
| Number of School children notified by General Practitioners as suffering from Infectious Disease | 1320 | 314 |
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING THE YEARS 1954 AND 1955.
| 1955 | 1954 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Treated in Hospital | Deaths. | No. | Treated in Hospital | Deaths | |
| Smallpox | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Cholera_Plague | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Diphtheria (inc. Membranous Croup) | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Diphtheria Carriers | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Erysipelas | 11 | _ | _ | 20 | 2 | _ |
| Scarlet Fever | 54 | 16 | _ | 132 | 51 | _ |
| Typhus Fever | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Typhoid Fever | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 3 | 3 | _ | _ | ||
| Relapsing Fever | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Continued Fever f | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 30 | 28 | _ | 44 | 43 | _ |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 | 2 | 1 | _ | _ | _ |
| Poliomyelitis (Paralytic and Non_Paralytic) .. | 20 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | _ |
| Acute_Encephalitis | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 10 | 9 | _ | 18 | 18 | _ |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 97 | _ | 14 | 85 | _ | 18 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 12 | _ | 1 | 10 | _ | _ |
| Food Poisoning | 9 | _ | _ | 16 | 2 | _ |
| Malaria | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Pneumonia | 57 | 5 | 46 | 54 | 1 | 35 |
| Dysentery | 9 | _ | _ | 167 | 1 | _ |
| Measles | 2198 | 2 | _ | 37 | _ | _ |
| Whooping Cough | 15 | _ | _ | 204 | 6 | 1 |
| Totals | 2527 | 82 | 65 | 790 | 127 | 54 |