[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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Vital Statistics of Wards.

Ward.	Area in acres.	Persons per acre.	Population.	Birthrate.	Standardized Death rate.	Infantile Mortality.	Zymotic Death-rate-	Tuberculosis. Death-rate.

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Enfield is divided into six wards as follows:—

Ward,	Inhabited Houses	Uninhabited Houses.	Total.	Population.

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The births were distributed among the various wards as follows:—

Ward.	1st. Quarter.		2nd. Quarter.		3rd. Quarter		4th. Quarter		Total each sex		Total each Ward.	Birth Rate.
Ward.	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	Total each Ward.	Birth Rate.

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The births of boys and girls, also birth-rates for the last three years were:—

Year.	Boys.	Girls.	Total.	Birth-rate.	Illegitimate Birth-rate.

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This rate, though slightly higher than that for last year, is still a low one and is the sixth lowest of the 97 Great Towns.

	Birth-rate.	Recorded Death-rate.	Standardized Death-rate.	Infantile Death-rate.

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The deaths occurred in the several wards as follows:—

Ward.	1st Quarter.	2nd Quarter.	3rd Quarter.	4th Quarter.	Total.	Death-rate per 1,000 as recorded.	Infantile Death-rate.

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NETT DEATHS CLASSIFIED IN AGES, WARDS, AND QUARTERS, 1914.

Ward.	Town.										Chase.										Ordnance.										Green St. & Ponders End.										Bush Hill Park.										Hadley & cockfosters.										Totals
Quarter.	1st		2nd		3rd		4th		Total.		1st		2nd		3rd		4th		Total		1st		2nd		3rd		4th		Total.		1st		2nd		3rd		4th		Total.		1st		2nd		3rd		4th		Total		1st		2nd		3rd		4th		Total.		each sex.		Totals.
Sex.	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F

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INQUESTS. The following is a complete list of the Inquests held in Enfield during the year.

Cause of Death.	Sex.	Age.	Date.		Verdict.

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Inquests— continued.

Cause of Dearth.	Sex.	Age.	Date.	Verdict.

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whilst particulars of the Inquests held on Enfield residents outside the District are contained in the following table.

Cause of Death.	Sex.	Age.	Date.	Verdict.

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The following table assigns the number of infantile deaths to each ward, and also gives the infantile death-rate per thousand population and per thousand births:—

Ward.	Number of Deaths.	Death-rate per 1,000 population	Death-rate per 1,000 births.

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TABLE I.—Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1914 and previous Years.

Year.	Population estimated to Middle of each Year.	Births.			Total Deaths Registered in the District		Transferable Deaths.		Nett Deaths belonging to the District.
		Un-Corrected Number.	Nett.		Number.	Rate.	of Nonresidents registered in the District.	of Residents not registered in the District.	Under 1 Year of Age.		At all Ages.
		Un-Corrected Number.	Number.	Rate per 1,000 Nett Births.	Number.	Rate.	of Nonresidents registered in the District.	of Residents not registered in the District.	Number.	Rate.	Number	Rate.
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13

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TABLE II.—Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1914.

Notifiable Disease.	Number of Cases Notified.								Total Cases Notified in Each Ward.						Total Cases removed to Hospital
	At all Ages.	At Ages—Years.							Total Cases Notified in Each Ward.
	At all Ages.	Under 1.	1 and under 5.	5 and under 15.	15 and under 25.	25 and under 45.	45 and under 65.	65 and up-wards.	Chase.	Town.	Ordnance.	Green St and Ponders End.	Bush Hill Park.	Hadley and Cock-foster.

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TABLE III. Causes of, and Ages at Death during the Year 1914.

CAUSES OF DEATH.		Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the District.									Total Deaths whether of Residents' or Non-Residents in Institutions in the District.
CAUSES OF DEATH.		All ages.	Under 1 year.	1 and under 2.	2 and under 5	5 and under 15.	15 and under 25.	25 and under 45.	45 and under 65.	65 and upwards.

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TABLE IV. Infant Mortality. 1914. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

CAUSES OF DEATH.		Under 1 week.	1—2 weeks.	2—3 weeks.	3—4 weeks.	Total under 4 weeks	4 weeks and under 3 months.	3 months and under 6 months	6 months and under 9 months	9 months and under 12 months	Total Deaths under 1 year.

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The following table shews the deaths Registered in the District from the seven chief zymotic diseases during the past five years:—

Disease.	1910	1911	1912	1913	1914

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NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE, 1914.

Disease.	Town Ward.					Chase Ward.					Bush Hill Park Ward.					Ordnance Waud					Green Street and Ponders End Ward					Hadley and Cockfosters Ward.					Totals	Cases per 1000 population.
Disease.	1st Qtr.	2nd Qtr.	3rd Qtr.	4th Qtr.	Total.	1st Qtr.	2nd Qtr.	3rd Qtr.	4 th Qtr.	Total.	1st Qtr.	2nd Qtr.	3rd Qtr	4 th Qtr.	Total.	1st Qtr.	2nd Qtr.	3rd Qtr.	4th Qtr.	Total.	1st Qtr.	2nd Qtr.	3rd Qtr.	4th Qtr.	Total.	1st Qtr.	2nd Qtr.	3rd Qtr.	4 th Qtr	Total.	Totals	Cases per 1000 population.

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ENFIELD ZYMOTIC DEATH-RATE. The zymotic death-rate, after deducting 16 deaths of persons from outside the District who died in the Isolation Hospital (which is situate in Enfield), and adding one Enfield resident who died outside the District, is 0.87 per thousand.

Disease.	1913.		1914.
Disease.	Deaths.	Death-rate.	Deaths.	Death-rate.

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The following table gives the number of cases of each infectious disease notified during the past five years:—

Disease.	1910	1911	1912	1913	1914

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TUBERCULOSIS. The following table shews the number of notifications of Pulmonary and other forms of Tuberculosis received:—

Ward.	Pulmonary.			Others.
Ward.	Fresh cases.	Old cases le-noiifiecl	Duplicates.	First notification.	Duplicate.

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Sex.

Form.	Men.	Boys.	Women.	Girls.

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Deaths. The number of deaths from this disease during the year is shewn in the following table, viz.:—

Ward.	Pulmonary.		Others.		Death-rate.
Ward.	Male.	Female.	Male.	Female.	Death-rate.

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The following table shews the incidence of this disease in the various wards:—

Ward.	No.

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Every swab is "planted," and grown in an incubator.

	No.	Positive.	Negative.	Percentage of Positives.

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I have also received from Dr. Young, County Medical Officer, the following return of work done during the year by the County Council Inspectors under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, in this District:—

Article.	Number of Samples taken.	Number found adulterated.	Percentage.

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METEOROLOGICAL STATISTICS, 1914.

Month	Barometer.		Temperature.			Rainfall.	Sunshine.
Month	Highest.	Lowest.	Highest. (Max.)	Lowest (Min.)	Mean.	Rainfall.	Sunshine.
	Ins.	Ins.	º	º	º	Ins.	Hrs.

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Inspections.

Premises.	Number of—
Premises.	Inspections	Written Notices.	Prosecutions.

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Defects Found.

Particulars.	Number of Defects.			Number of Prosecutions.
Particulars.	Found	Remedied.	Referred to H.M. Inspector.	Number of Prosecutions.

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Homework.

Nature of Work.	Lists received from Employers.				Notices served on Occupiers as to keeping or sending Lists.
	Sending twice in the year.		Sending once in the year.
	Lists.	Work men.	Lists.	Workmen.

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Vital Statistics of Wards.

Enfield is divided into six wards as follows:—

The births were distributed among the various wards as follows:—

The births of boys and girls, also birth-rates for the last three years were:—

This rate, though slightly higher than that for last year, is still a low one and is the sixth lowest of the 97 Great Towns.

The deaths occurred in the several wards as follows:—

NETT DEATHS CLASSIFIED IN AGES, WARDS, AND QUARTERS, 1914.

INQUESTS. The following is a complete list of the Inquests held in Enfield during the year.

Inquests— continued.

whilst particulars of the Inquests held on Enfield residents outside the District are contained in the following table.

The following table assigns the number of infantile deaths to each ward, and also gives the infantile death-rate per thousand population and per thousand births:—

TABLE I.—Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1914 and previous Years.

TABLE II.—Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1914.

TABLE III. Causes of, and Ages at Death during the Year 1914.

TABLE IV. Infant Mortality. 1914. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

The following table shews the deaths Registered in the District from the seven chief zymotic diseases during the past five years:—

NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE, 1914.

ENFIELD ZYMOTIC DEATH-RATE. The zymotic death-rate, after deducting 16 deaths of persons from outside the District who died in the Isolation Hospital (which is situate in Enfield), and adding one Enfield resident who died outside the District, is 0.87 per thousand.

The following table gives the number of cases of each infectious disease notified during the past five years:—

TUBERCULOSIS. The following table shews the number of notifications of Pulmonary and other forms of Tuberculosis received:—

Sex.

Deaths. The number of deaths from this disease during the year is shewn in the following table, viz.:—

The following table shews the incidence of this disease in the various wards:—

Every swab is "planted," and grown in an incubator.

I have also received from Dr. Young, County Medical Officer, the following return of work done during the year by the County Council Inspectors under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, in this District:—

METEOROLOGICAL STATISTICS, 1914.

Inspections.

Defects Found.

Homework.