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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 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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26
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES
INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND SCHOOLS
1961. 1962.
Number of children notified by Head Teachers to
be absent from School due to :—
(a) Infectious Disease or suspected
tious Disease 638 620
(b) Contact with Infectious Disease 7 3
Number of School children notified by General
Practitioners as suffering from Infectious
Disease 1320 157

Table: NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING THE YEARS 1961 AND 1962.

NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING THE YEARS 1961 AND 1962.

19611962
No.Treated in HospitalDeathsNo.Treated in HospitalDeaths.
Smallpox--____
Cholera-Plague------
Diphtheria (inc. Membranous Croup)------
Diphtheria Carriers------
Erysipelas6--81-
Scarlet Fever8822-6128-
Typhus Fever------
Typhoid Fever------
Paratyphoid Fever---11-
Relapsing Fever------
Continued Fever------
Puerperal Pyrexia41-4--
Meningococcal Infection-----
Poliomyelitis (Paralytic and Non-Paralytic)------
Acute-Encephalitis---22-
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1
Respiratory Tuberculosis: New cases29422474
Inward Transfers, etc.25_-18--
Other forms of Tuberculosis :New cases6-172-
Inward Transfers, etc.1__1_
Food Poisoning7--72-
Malaria-----_
Pneumonia5875324943
Dysentery42-779-
Measles20373311974_
Whooping Cough23--10--
Totals228969574416547