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Edmonton 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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PUBLIC HEALTH ACTS AMENDMENT ACT, 1907.
On February 11th, 1908, the Council accepted the reports of the Clerk,
Engineer, and Medical Officer of Health, as to the adoption of certain portions
of this useful Act. No further progress has been made.
COMPARATIVE STATISTICS.
The Table of Vital Statistics for 1908, showing the various rates for the whole country, and for several of the Urban Districts of Middlesex, is given for the purpose of comparison.
| Estimated Population, 1908. | Annual Rates per 1,000 of the population. | Infantile Mortality per 1,000 births registered. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nett Births. | Nett Deaths, (corrected) | Zymotic Deaths. | |||
| England and Wales | 35,348,780 | 26.5 | 14.7 | 1.29 | 121 |
| The 76 Great Towns over 100,000 people | 16,234,952 | 27.0 | 15.8 | 1.59 | 128 |
| The 142 Smaller Towns over 50,000 people (these includeEdmon-ton) | 4,997,447 | 26.0 | 14.7 | 1.26 | 124 |
| England and Wales, less the 218 towns as above | 14,116,741 | 26.2 | 13.8 | 0.99 | 110 |
| London | 4,795,757 | 25.4 | 13.8 | 1.35 | 113 |
| Acton | 55,000 | 28.5 | 13.1 | 2.2 | 120 |
| Wood Green | 51,551 | 25.38 | 9.05 | 0.53 | 81 |
| Enfield | 56,185 | 25.18 | 11.18 | 0.88 | 90 |
The birth-rate of England and Wales is 0.2 higher than last year,
which was the lowest on record, and the infantile death-rate is 3 integers
higher, but the death-rate is 0.3 lower than in 1907, and the lowest recorded;
so that the natural increase in the population of England and Wales, or the
excess of births over deaths, is 420,968, or 13,742 more than the average of the
preceding five years.
THE LADY HEALTH VISITOR AND HER WORK.
I give below an analysis of the number and nature of the visits paid
by Miss Tettenborn during 1908. She acts in the dual capacity of Lady
Health Visitor and Woman Inspector, and it will be seen that the bulk of her
work falls into two correspondingly large divisions, viz.:—
1. The crusade against Preventable Infantile Mortality, as Lady
Health Visitor; and
2. The work done as Woman Inspector in Factories, Workshops, etc.