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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 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Table 6
Prevalence and
Control of Infectious Disease
Notification and Deaths
| DISEASE | Number Notified | Known to be treated in hospital | Attack rate per 1,000 population | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acute Meningitis | 14 | 14 | 0.06 | – |
| Dysentery | 67 | 3 | 0.22 | – |
| Food Poisoning | 78 | 3 | 0.29 | — |
| Infective Jaundice | 31 | 9 | 0.12 | — |
| Malaria | 1 | 1 | 0.01 | — |
| Measles | 719 | 12 | 2.61 | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 111 | 4 | 0.42 | - |
| Tuberculosis: | ||||
| (a) Respiratory | 64 | 20 | 0.24 | 6 |
| (b) Other Forms | 12 | 5 | 0.05 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 116 | 3 | 0.44 | — |
Table 7
Prevalence and
Control of
Infectious Disease
Tuberculosis
| Age in Years | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Repiratory | Other Forms | Repiratory | Other Forms | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | – |
| 1 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | – |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | - | — |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | — | - | — | — |
| 15 | 2 | 1 | – | — | – | — | — | — |
| 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | - | — | — | — |
| 25 | 4 | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | – | — |
| 35 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | - | — | — |
| 45 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | - | — |
| 55 | 8 | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| 65 | — | 3 | — | – | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 75 and over | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| age unknown | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 40 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | — | - |
| During the year there were inward transfers to the Borough of fifteen notified cases of respiratory tuberculosis. | ||||||||