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Edmonton 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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COMPARATIVE STATISTICS, 1915.
The table of vital statistics for 1915, 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, middle of 1915. | 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 | 37,302,983 | 21.8 | 14.8 | - | 110 |
| The 96 great towns including London and Edmonton | 18,136,180 | 22.8 | 15.6 | - | 117 |
| The 148 smaller towns | 4,838,095 | 21.6 | 14.0 | - | 114 |
| England and Wales, less the 244 towns as above | 14,328,618 | 20.7 | 14.8 | - | 98 |
| London (including City) | 4,516,612 | 226 | 16.1 | 1.44 | 112 |
| Acton | 58,238 | 24.2 | 13.3 | 1 39 | 104 |
| Wood Green | 50.545 | 19.8 | 11.3 | 0.85 | 86 |
| Enfield | 61,173 | 21.6 | 11.7 | 1.06 | 87 |
| 69.774 | 23.9 | 11 .7 | 1.39 | 112 | |
As regards 1911 and since, the aggregate death-rates from the principal
epidemic diseases have not been recorded by the Registrar-General; the zymotic
death-rate is therefore not obtainable in all cases.
The marriage-rate of England and Wales for 1915 is the highest on record
at 19.3 per 1000. The birth-rate is 1.8 less than last year, and is, of
course, the lowest on record ; the death-rate is 1.2 higher than 1914, and 1.4
higher than 1913, which was the lowest on record. The infantile death-rate is
5 integers more than last year, which was the lowest on record. The natural
increase in the population of England and Wales, or the excess of births over
deaths, is 252,201 or 126,159 less than the average of the preceding five years.
THE WOMEN INSPECTORS AND THEIR WORK.
I give below an analysis of the number and nature of the visits paid by
them during 1915. The bulk of their work falls into four correspondingly large
divisions, viz.:—
1. The crusade against preventible infantile mortality;
2. The work done in factories, workshops, etc., where women and
girls are employed, and amongst home-workers of their own sex.
3. The visitation of consumptives and other tubercular persons.
4. The visitation of scholars at home, when suffering from the non-
notifiable infectious diseases.