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Enfield 1963

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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22
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES
INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND SCHOOLS
1962. 1963.
Number of children notified by Head Teachers to
be absent from School due to:—
(a) Infectious Disease or suspected
tious Disease 620 640
(b) Contact with Infectious Disease 3 —
Number of School children notified by General
Practitioners as suffering from Infectious
Diseases 157 901

Table: NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING THE YEARS 1962 AND 1963.

NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING THE YEARS 1962 AND 1963.

19621963
No.Treated in HospitalDeathsNo.Treated in HospitalDeaths.
Smallpox------
Cholera—Plague------
Diphtheria (inc. Membranous Croup)------
Diphtheria Carriers------
Erysipelas81-82-
Scarlet Fever6128-618-
Typhus Fever------
Typhoid Fever-------
Paratyphoid Fever11-22-
Relapsing Fever------
Continued Fever------
Puerperal Pyrexia4--2421-
Meningococcal Infection---11-
Poliomyelitis (Paralytic and Non-Paralytic)------
Acute-Encephalitis22----
Ophthalmia Neonatorum---1--
Respiratory Tuberculosis: New cases24742124
Inward Transfers, etc. Other forms of Tuber18--32--
culosis :
New cases72-741
Inward Transfers, etc.1--1--
Food Poisoning72-93-
Malaria------
Pneumonia2494320855
Dysentery779-284-
Measles1974-16637-
Whooping Cough10--1296-
Totals441654720076860