London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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 1966

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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Table: TABLE 6PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASENotification and Deaths

TABLE 6

PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Notification and Deaths

DISEASENumber notifiedKnown to be treated in hospitalDeaths
Acute Pneumonia (Primary or Influenzal)457227*
Dysentery892—
Erysipelas41—
Food Poisoning22——
Measles2,560——
Meningococcal Infection11—
Puerperal Pyrexia132121—
Scarlet Fever14817—
Tuberculosis:
(a) Respiratory73146
(b) Other forms1622
Whooping Cough92——
* Registrar General's figure includes non-notifiable cases.