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Enfield 1958

[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
1957. 1958.
Number of children notified by Head Teachers to
be absent from School due to:—
(a) Infectious Disease or suspected
tious Disease 584 518
(b) Contact with Infectious Disease 3 2
Number of School children notified by General
Practitioners as suffering from Infectious
Disease 981 795

Table: NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING THE YEARS 1957 AND 1958.

NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING THE YEARS 1957 AND 1958.

19571958
No.Treated in HospitalDeathsNo.Treated in HospitalDeaths.
Smallpox------
Cholera—Plague------
Diphtheria (inc. Mem branous Croup)------
Diphtheria Carriers------
Erysipelas162-173-
Scarlet Fever12644-10133-
Typhus Fever——--—-
Typhoid Fever——--—-
Paratyphoid Fever——-11-
Relapsing Fever———-—-
Continued Fever———-—-
Puerperal Pyrexia7167—3634-
Meningococcal Infection11—221
Poliomyelitis (Paralytic and Non-Paralytic)55143-
Acute-Encephalitis—————-
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1313-1111-
Respiratory Tuberculosis:
New cases27—845-7
Transfers, etc.35--38-—
Other forms of Tuberculosis:
New cases9--11-2
Transfers, etc.1-----
Food Poisoning10——12--
Malaria-——1--
Pneumonia842851742242
Dysentery100——101-
Measles12445—118615—
Whooping Cough2466—172—-
Totals198817160156612752