Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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No. of cases transferred into the District from other areas :
Respiratory 44
Other Forms 3
47
No. of cases restored to Register during the year:Respiratory-
Other Forms 1
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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 | 10,601 | 2 | - | 0.18 | - | - | - |
Cambridge Road | 10,699 | 1 | - | 0.09 | - | - | - |
Chase | 7,605 | 2 | 1 | 0.26 | 0.13 | - | 0.13 |
Enfield Wash | 12,581 | 3 | - | 0 23 | - | - | - |
Green Street | 10,699 | 4 | - | 0.37 | - | - | - |
Ordnance | 13,500 | 7 | - | 0.51 | - | 0.14 | - |
Ponders End | 9,919 | 6 | - | 0.60 | - | 0.10 | - |
The Town | 11,146 | 1 | - | 0.08 | - | 0.08 | - |
West | 12,344 | 4 | - | 0.32 | - | 0.08 | - |
Willow | 10,606 | 3 | - | 0.28 | - | - | - |
Total | 109,700 | 33 | 1 | 0.29 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.01 |
MASS RADIOGRAPHY
The following tables give the final reports on the Mass Radiography investigation carried out in the Borough during 1959 by the North East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board's Mass Radiography Unit.
Male. | Female. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|
Organised Groups | 9,028 | 5,163 | 14,191 |
Public Sessions | 2,455 | 3,705 | 6,160 |
Miniatures taken | 11,483 | 8,868 | 20,351 |
Recalled for large film | 201 | 102 | 303 |
(a) Requiring immediate treatment | 26 | 5 | 31 |
(b) Requiring close clinic supervision | 6 | 4 | 10 |
(c) Requiring occasional clinic supervision | 47 | 30 | 77 |
(d) Presumed healed, no further action needed | 38 | 24 | 62 |