[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton] page 24

Edmonton 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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During the latter part of the year the Medical Research Council
intimated that a further supply of the vaccine was available, and as the response
of Edmonton parents had been excellent, it was decided to continue the investigations
in order to give more parents an opportunity of taking part in the
scheme. The scheme is entirely voluntary.
Full details of the investigations carried out in the Borough are not yet
to hand.

Table: CANCER.The incidence of Cancer relative to the various organs of the body is given as under :—

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CANCER.

The incidence of Cancer relative to the various organs of the body is given as under :—

	Males.	Females.
Breast	—	12
Uterus	—	13
Buccal cavity and oesophagus	3	—
Stomach and duodenum	11	14
All other sites	86	47
	100	86

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PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS.
Cases of ophthalmia neonatorum are promptly visited and, if thought
necessary, are removed to hospital for treatment. No cases of blindness have
arisen during the year due to this cause.
As provided by Section 176 (1) of the Public Health Act, 1936, arrangements
exist with the Middlesex County Council for the treatment at the school
clinics of adolescents who are ascertained at school to be suffering from defective
vision.
ESTABLISHMENTS FOR MASSAGE OR SPECIAL TREATMENT.
In 1941 the Council resolved that Part 7 of the Middlesex County Council
Act, 1934, be put into operation in the Borough.

Table: TUBERCULOSIS.The table below gives details of the ages and sex of new cases of Tuberculosis, also deaths from the disease; this latter figure includes the deaths of non-notified cases.

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TUBERCULOSIS.

The table below gives details of the ages and sex of new cases of Tuberculosis, also deaths from the disease; this latter figure includes the deaths of non-notified cases.

Age Periods	New Cases				Deaths
	Respiratory		Non-respiratory		Respiratory		Non-respiratory
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.
Under 1 year	...	...	1	1	...	...	1	...
1— 5 years	4	4	1	...	1	...	...	...
5—15 „	6	7	3	2	...	1	1	...
15—25 ,,	17	33	3	1	3	9	...	2
25—35 ,,	15	20	...	1	7	7	...	1
35—45 ,,	10	8	1	1	7	4	...	...
45—55 ,,	13	3	1	1	11	1	...	...
55—65 ,,	9	1	...	...	9	1	...	...
65 years upwards	5	...	...	...	5	2	...	...
	79	76	10	7	43	25	2	3

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Table: CANCER.The incidence of Cancer relative to the various organs of the body is given as under :—

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Table: TUBERCULOSIS.The table below gives details of the ages and sex of new cases of Tuberculosis, also deaths from the disease; this latter figure includes the deaths of non-notified cases.