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Enfield 1967

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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Table: TABLE 19VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATIONCompleted Primary Courses of Immunisation by end of 1967 of Children born in 1965

TABLE 19

VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION

Completed Primary Courses of Immunisation by end of 1967 of Children born in 1965

Number of Children in Enfield born in 1965 : 4,248
Immunisation againstNo. of Children Immunised (Enfield)Acceptance Rate per cent
EnfieldEngland & Wales (Provisional)
Diphtheria3,50182.473
Whooping Cough3,25376.572
Tetanus3,50182.673
Poliomyelitis3,54483.468
Smallpox2,65962.538

Table: TABLE 20PREVENTION OF ILLNESS, CARE AND AFTER-CARETuberculosis Statistics of Chest Clinics

TABLE 20

PREVENTION OF ILLNESS, CARE AND AFTER-CARE

Tuberculosis Statistics of Chest Clinics

1 Number of cases of tuberculosis under treatment or supervision at 31st December, 1967 :
RespiratoryNon-Respiratory
MenWomenChildrenTotalMenWomenChildrenTotal
1,076744921,9127311910202
2 Number of cases of respiratory tuberculosis under Section 1 above, new to the clinic (but excluding transfers from other clinics) during the year ended 31st December, 1967 :
Classification *Non-Bacteriologically ConfirmedBacteriologically Confirmed
MenWomenChildrenTotalMenWomenChildrenTotal
Group I43641312071—8
Group II4029—6952—7
Group III————2——2
839313189143—17
3 Number of cases of non-respiratory tuberculosis included in Section 1 above, new to the clinic (but excluding transfers from other clinics) during the year ended 31st December, 1967 :
MenWomenChildrenTotal
62—8
4 Number of cases included in Section 1 above, whose broncho-pulmonary secretion was positive during the year 21.
* The three sub-divisions of new respiratory cases are estimated as follows from the standard P.A. film :
Group I —
Total area of disease not exceeding one-third of one lung in aggregate. Group II —
Total area of disease not exceeding two-thirds of one lung in aggregate. Group III —
Total area of disease exceeding (including miliary disease) two-thirds of one lung in aggregate.
Tuberculous pleural effusions, pleural thickening without obvious lung involvement and enlarged hilar glands are placed in Group I.