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Enfield 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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The following table gives particulars of the ages of the new
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory. | Other Forms | Respiratory. | Other Forms | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 to 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 to 10 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 10 to 15 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 to 20 | - | - | - | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 20 to 25 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25 to 35 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 35 to 45 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 45 to 55 | 3 | 2 | _ | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
| 55 to 65 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 65 and upwards | 3 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — |
| Totals | 14 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | — | — |
No. of cases transferred into the District from other areas:
Respiratory 35
Other Forms 1
36
No. of cases restored to Register during the year:—
Respiratory 5
Other Forms —
5
The following table shows the incidence of Tuberculosis and death-rates from this disease in the various Wards in the Borough during the year.
| Ward. | Estimated Population. | No. of Cases. | T.B. Case-rate. | T.B. Death-rate. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Other Forms | Respiratory | Other Forms | Respiratory | Other Forms | ||
| Bush Hill Park | 10,551 | 1 | 3 | 0.09 | 0.25 | 0.09 | 0.00 |
| Cambridge Road | 10,649 | 3 | 3 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.09 | 0.00 |
| Chase | 7,555 | 2 | — | 0 26 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.00 |
| Enfield Wash | 12,531 | 6 | — | 0.47 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.00 |
| Green Street | 10,649 | 1 | — | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Ordnance | 13,450 | 3 | 1 | 0.22 | 0.07 | 0.14 | 0.00 |
| Ponders End | 9,869 | 3 | — | 0.30 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.00 |
| The Town | 11,096 | 2 | — | 0.18 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| West | 12,294 | 1 | — | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Willow | 10,556 | 5 | 2 | 0.47 | 0.18 | 0.09 | 0.00 |
| Total | 109,200 | 27 | 9 | 0.24 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.00 |