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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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of the salt beef. Investigation also showed the content of the
brine to be too low.
These two instances serve to illustrate the meticulous care
required in food preparation in such circumstances, particularly
when food is being prepared one day and retained for consumption
until the following day.
During the year considerable anxiety was also occasioned by
the discovery that quantities of foreign eggs and egg albumen were
found to contain Salmonella organisms and to be fairly widely
used in the Bakery trade.
SONNE DYSENTERY
The incidence of mild dysentery due to Shigella Sonnei, showed
a considerable decrease on last year's figure, 9 cases as against 167
for the previous year, but this is an infection which is likely to
recur in greater numbers at times, especially as its spread is so
easily encouraged by careless personal hygiene.
TUBERCULOSIS.
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. 1 | Non-Respiratory. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 to 5 | 1 | — | _ | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 5 to 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | _ | _ |
| 10 to 15 | _ | 3 | _ | _ | — | _ | _ | _ |
| 15 to 20 | 3 | 6 | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | _ |
| 20 to 25 | 9 | 7 | _ | _ | — | _ | — | _ |
| 25 to 35 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 2 | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| 35 to 45 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| 45 to 55 | 7 | — | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | |
| 55 to 65 | 8 | 1 | _ | _ | 3 | 2 | _ | — |
| 65 and upwaids | 8 | 1 | — | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Totals | 55 | 42 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | — |