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Enfield 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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No. of cases transferred into the District from other areas:
Respiratory 38
Other Forms -
38
No. of cases restored to Register during the year:—
Respiratory 2
Other Forms —
2
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 | 10,561 | 4 | - | 0.37 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Cambridge Road | 10,659 | 2 | 1 | 0.18 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.00 |
| Chase | 7,565 | 6 | 2 | 0.79 | 0.26 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Enfield Wash | 12,541 | 3 | — | 0 23 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Green Street | 10,659 | 5 | 1 | 0.45 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Ordnance | 13,460 | 2 | 1 | 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.14 | 0.00 |
| Ponders End | 9,879 | 8 | 1 | 0.80 | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.00 |
| The Town | 11,106 | 9 | 2 | 0.81 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.09 |
| West | 12,304 | 4 | 1 | 0.32 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.08 |
| Willow | 10,566 | 2 | 2 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Total | 109,300 | 45 | 11 | 0.42 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.01 |
The following table sets out the record of examinations carried out and the results.
| Throat and Nose Swabs. | |
| Diphtheria Bacilli Haemolytic Streptococci | 97 |
| Vincent's Angina | 5 |
| Others | 17 |
| Negative | 397 |
| 516 | |
LABORATORY FACILITIES
The examination of specimens is carried out by the Public
Health Laboratory Service either at the Branch Laboratory situated
at the Town Hall, Edmonton, or the Central Laboratory, Colindale.