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Enfield 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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28
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
1

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.
RespiratoryOther FormsRespiratoryOther FormsRespiratoryOther Forms
Bush Hill Park10,6012-0.18---
Cambridge Road10,6991-0.09---
Chase7,605210.260.13-0.13
Enfield Wash12,5813-0 23---
Green Street10,6994-0.37---
Ordnance13,5007-0.51-0.14-
Ponders End9,9196-0.60-0.10-
The Town11,1461-0.08-0.08-
West12,3444-0.32-0.08-
Willow10,6063-0.28---
Total109,7003310.290.010.040.01

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 Groups9,0285,16314,191
Public Sessions2,4553,7056,160
Miniatures taken11,4838,86820,351
Recalled for large film201102303
Pulmonary Tuberculosis :-
(a) Requiring immediate treatment26531
(b) Requiring close clinic supervision6410
(c) Requiring occasional clinic supervision473077
(d) Presumed healed, no further action needed382462