[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield].

  • Enfield (London, England). Municipal Borough.
Date:
[1965?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    21 POLIOMYELITIS For the sixth year in succession no case of Poliomyelitis has occurred in the Borough. SMALLPOX VACCINATION 955 persons received primary vaccination and 39 re-vaccination. FOOD POISONING Of the four cases of food poisoning which were notified during the year, all were due to Salmonella Organisms. SONNE DYSENTERY The incidence of mild dysentery due to Shigella Sonnei showed an increase on last year's figure, with fifty-five cases as against twenty-eight for the previous year, but this is an infection which is likely to vary considerably in incidence, especially as its spread is so easily encouraged by careless personal hygiene. TUBERCULOSIS. The following table gives particulars of the ages of the new cases notified and deaths from this disease during the year. Age Periods. New Cases. Deaths. Respiratory. Other Forms Respiratory. Other Forms M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. Under 1 - - - - - - - - 1 to 5 — 1 - - - - - - 5 to 10 1 - - - - - - - 10 to 15 — 1 - - - - - - 15 to 20 — 1 - - - - - - 20 to 25 - - - - - - - - 25 to 35 3 1 1 - - - - - 35 to 45 2 3 - 2 — — - — 45 to 55 6 2 1 - - - - - 55 to 65 — 1 — — 2 1 — — 65 and upwards 6 — — — 3 — — — Totals 18 10 2 2 5 1 — —