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Enfield 1968

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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Table: TABLE 19 VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION Completed Primary Courses of Immunisation by end of 1968 of Children born in 1966

TABLE 19 VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION Completed Primary Courses of Immunisation by end of 1968 of Children born in 1966

Number of Children in Enfield born in 1966 :4,241
ImmunisationNo. of ChildrenAcceptance Rate per cent
AgainstImmunised (Enfield)EnfieldEngland & Wales
Diphtheria3,64986.079
Whooping Cough3,39580.077
Tetanus3,64585.9Not Available
Poliomyelitis3,56083.977
Smallpox2,78065.538
Measles69916.5Not Available

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

TABLE 20

PREVENTION OF ILLNESS, CARE AND AFTER-CARE Tuberculosis Statistics of Chest Clinics

RespiratoryNon-Respiratory
MenWomenChildrenTotalMenWomenChildrenTotal
1,060744971,9016711911197
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, 1968 :
ClassificationNon-Bacteriologically * ConfirmedBacteriologically Confirmed
MenWomenChildrenTotalMenWomenChildrenTotal
Group I52292310451—6
Group II9987—18664—10
Group III52—793—12
15611823297208—28
3 Number of cases of non-respiratory tuberculosis included in Section 1 above, new to the clinic (but excluding tranfers from other clinics) during the year ended 31st December, 1968 :
Men 1Women 10Children 1Total 12
4 Number of cases included in Section 1 above, whose broncho-pulmonary secretion was positive during the year . 40. * 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.