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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 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
| Age in years | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Other forms | Respiratory | Other forms | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 1 | _ | _ | __ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| _ | _ | _ | _ | — | _ | |||
| _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | |||
| — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | |||
| — | — | — | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| — | — | — | — | |||||
| - | - | - | - | |||||
| — | — | — | — | |||||
| _ | — | _ | _ | |||||
| 75 and over | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Age unknown | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 2 | 2 | - | |||||
During the year there were inward transfers to the Borough of thirteen notified cases of
respiratory tuberculosis and one other form of tuberculosis.
| Type of specimen | Number submitted by local authority | Findings | Number Unsatisfactory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milk (Pasteurised) | Failed Methylene Blue Test | ||
| Failed Phosphatase test | Nil | ||
| Milk (Sterilised) | Failed turbidity test | Nil | |
| Milk (Ultra Heat Treated) | Failed colony count test | Nil | |
| Water | Faecal coli found | Nil | |
| Food | Pathogenic organisms foi | nd Nil |