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Enfield 1956

[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

1956.1955.
Number of children notified by Head Teachers to be absent from School due to:—
(a) Infectious Disease or suspected Infectious Disease276454
(b) Contact with Infectious Disease215
Number of School children notified by General Practitioners as suffering from Infectious Disease3681320

NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING THE YEARS 1955 AND 1956.

19561955
No.Treated in HospitalDeaths.No.Treated in HospitalDeaths
Smallpox——————
Cholera—Plague——————
Diphtheria (inc. Membranous Croup)——————
Diphtheria Carriers——————
Erysipelas191—11——
Scarlet Fever5416—5416—
Typhus Fever——————
Typhoid Fever——————
Paratyphoid Fever———33—
Relapsing Fever——————
Continued Fever——————
Puerperal Pyrexia5046—3028—
Meningococcal Infection221221
Poliomyelitis (Paralytic and Non-Paralytic)33120173
Acute-Encephalitis——————
Ophthalmia Neonatorum86—109-
Respiratory Tuberculosis:
New cases56—1097—14
Transfers, etc.44—
Other forms of Tuberculosis:
New cases6—112—1
Transfers, etc.2—
Food Poisoning174—9——
Malaria——————
Pneumonia7763557546
Dysentery2074—9——
Measles2001—21982—
Whooping Cough1882—15——
Totals933914825278265