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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 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
| DISEASE | Number Notified | Known to be treated in Hospital | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 188 | 19 | — |
| Erysipelas | 24 | 3 | — |
| Diphtheria (including membraneous croup) | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 73 | 1 | — |
| Measles | 2,283 | 1 | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis: | |||
| (a) Paralytic | — | — | — |
| (b) Non-paralytic | — | — | |
| Acute Encephalitis: | |||
| (a) Infective | 1 | 1 | — |
| (b) Post-infectious | 1 | 1 | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | — | 1 | 1 |
| Tuberculosis: | |||
| (a) Respiratory | 99 | 12 | 7 |
| (b) Meninges and C.N.S. | 2 | 2 | — |
| (c) Other forms | 20 | 2 | |
| Acute Pneumonia (Primary or Influenzal) | 35 | 4 | 132* |
| Dysentery | 467 | 2 | — |
| Food Poisoning | 26 | 1 | — |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | — | — |
| Typhoid Fever | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 155 | 132 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | — |
| Smallpox | — | — | — |
| Malaria | — | — | — |
| Cholera | — | — | — |
| Plague | — | — | — |
| Anthrax | — | — | — |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — |
* Registrar General's figure included non-notifiable cases.
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