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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 1959
[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
1958. 1959.
Number of children notified by Head Teachers to
be absent from School due to:—
(a) Infectious Disease or suspected
tious Disease 518 365
(b) Contact with Infectious Disease 2 6
Number of School children notified by General
Practitioners as suffering from Infectious
Disease 795 497
| 1958 | 1959 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Treated in Hospital | Deaths | No. | Treated in Hospital | Deaths. | |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera—Plague | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria (inc. Membranous Croup) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria Carriers | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 17 | 3 | — | 13 | 3 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 101 | 33 | — | 98 | 40 | — |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 36 | 34 | — | 10 | 7 | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis (Paralytic and Non-Paralytic) | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Acute-Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 11 | 11 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Respiratory Tuberculosis: New cases | 45 | 12 | 7 | 33 | 12 | 5 |
| Transfers, etc. | 38 | — | — | 44 | — | — |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis : New cases | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Transfers, etc. | — | — | — | 3 | — | — |
| Food Poisoning | 12 | — | — | 5 | 2 | — |
| Malaria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 74 | 22 | 42 | 51 | 2 | 36 |
| Dysentery | 10 | 1 | — | 38 | — | — |
| Measles | 1186 | 15 | — | 853 | 4 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 17 | 2 | — | 64 | 5 | — |
| Totals | 1566 | 146 | 52 | 1214 | 75 | 42 |