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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
Erysipelas19111
Scarlet Fever54165416
Typhus Fever
Typhoid Fever
Paratyphoid Fever33
Relapsing Fever
Continued Fever
Puerperal Pyrexia50463028
Meningococcal Infection221221
Poliomyelitis (Paralytic and Non-Paralytic)33120173
Acute-Encephalitis
Ophthalmia Neonatorum86109-
Respiratory Tuberculosis:
New cases56109714
Transfers, etc.44
Other forms of Tuberculosis:
New cases61121
Transfers, etc.2
Food Poisoning1749
Malaria
Pneumonia7763557546
Dysentery20749
Measles200121982
Whooping Cough188215
Totals933914825278265