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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES
| 1957. | 1956. | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of children notified by Head Teachers to be absent from School due to:— | ||
| (a) Infectious Disease or suspected Infectious Disease | 584 | 276 |
| (b) Contact with Infectious Disease | 3 | 2 |
| Number of School children notified by General Practitioners as suffering from Infectious Disease | 981 | 368 |
| 1957 | 1956 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Treated in Hospital | Deaths | No. | Treated in Hospital | Deaths. | |
| Smallpox | — | — | - | — | - | — |
| Cholera—Plague | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria (inc. Membranous Croup) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria Carriers | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 16 | 2 | - | 19 | 1 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 126 | 44 | - | 54 | 16 | — |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | - | — | — | — |
| Typhoid Fever | — | — | - | — | — | — |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | - | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | — | — | - | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 71 | 67 | - | 50 | 46 | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis (Paralytic and Non-Paralytic) | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Acute-Encephalitis | — | — | - | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 13 | 13 | - | 8 | 6 | — |
| Respiratory Tuberculosis: New cases | 27 | - | 8 | 56 | - | 10 |
| Transfers, etc. | 35 | 44 | — | |||
| Other forms of Tuberculosis : | ||||||
| New cases | 9 | — | - | 6 | — | 1 |
| Transfers, etc. | 1 | 2 | - | |||
| Food Poisoning | 10 | — | — | 17 | 4 | — |
| Malaria | - | — | — | - | - | — |
| Pneumonia | 84 | 28 | 51 | 77 | 6 | 35 |
| Dysentery | 100 | — | — | 207 | 4 | — |
| Measles | 1244 | 5 | — | 200 | 1 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 246 | 6 | — | 188 | 2 | — |
| Totals | 1988 | 171 | 60 | 933 | 91 | 48 |