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Enfield 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

Published
1934
Pages
122
Tables
61

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61 tables in this report

  • Page 5
    The following table shews how the population of the District has increased during the last ten years.
    Year.Population.
  • Page 6
    The following table indicates the growth in the number, of inhabited houses, the rateable value and the sum represented by a penny rate during the last ten years.
    YearNo. of inhabited houses.Rateable value.Sum represented by a penny rate.
  • Page 7
    EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR.
    Live Births:—Total.Male.Female.
  • Page 8
    The following table gives the birth-rate, recorded death-rate and infantile death-rate for Enfield as compared with those for England and Wales, London, 118 County Boroughs and great towns (including London) and 132 smaller towns:—
    Birth-rate.Recorded Death-rate.Infantile Death-rate.
    Live Births.Still Births.
  • Page 9
    TABLE I. Causes of Death during Year 1933.
    Causes of Death.Males.Females.Total.
  • Page 10
    TABLE II. Infant Mortality Net Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.
    Causes of DeathUnder 1 week.1 to 2 weeks.2 to 3 weeks.3 to 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 One Year.
  • Page 12
    The corrected birth-rates for both sexes, live and still-births, which takes into consideration those born outside the District and those in the District not rightly recorded to the District, and also the corrected birth-rates for the last 5 years, are:-
    Year.Boys.Girls.Total.Birth-rate per 1,000 Population.Illegitimate Birth-rate per 1,000 Population.
  • Page 15
    LABORATORY FACILITIES. The following work was carried out in the Council's laboratory during the year.
    Specimen.No.Positive.Negative.Percentage of Positives.
  • Page 17
    TUBERCULOSIS (COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX SCHEM). The following statement shows the total number of beds belonging to, or reserved for the sole use of, the County Council during 1933.
    Institution.Accommodation.Type of case.
    Adults.Children.
    M.F.
  • Page 20
    CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE LOCAL AUTHORITY. MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
    District.Situation of Centre.Day and times open.
  • Page 21
    MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE WORK. The following tables show the attendances at the Infant Welfare and Ante-Natal Clinics during the year. INFANT WELFARE CENTRES.
    Centre.Total Attendances.Individual Attendances.New Attendances.No. seen by Dr.Average Attendance per Meeting.
  • Page 21
    ANTE-NATAL CLINICS.
    Centre.New Attendances.Re-Attendances.Total AttendancesAverage Attendance per Meeting.
  • Page 22
    The following table gives particulars of the work done by the Health Visitors during the year. Visits.
    Town, Chase and Hadley.Bush Hill Park.Ordnance.Ponders End.Totals.
  • Page 22
    Feeding, etc.
    Feeding.Town, Chase and Hadley%Bush Hill Park%Ordnance%Ponders End%Totals%
  • Page 25
    Number of Children sent for and Appointments kept at various Birthdays.
    Appointments.1st. Birthday.2nd Birthday.3rd. Birthday.4 th. Birthday.Total.
  • Page 29
    The following particulars show the work which has been carried out during the year, also the totals for the four previous years.
    Mothers.ChildrenTotals.
    19331932.1931.1930.1929
  • Page 41
    The number of slaughter-houses in the District at the date specified is as follows:—
    1914January, 1933December, 1933
  • Page 43
    List of Samples purchased during the year ended 31st December, 1933.
    ArticleTaken.Adulterated
  • Page 44
    TABLE III.—Cases of Infectious Diseases notified during the year 1933.
    Notifiable Disease.Number of Cases Notified.Deaths.
    At Ages—Years.At Ages—Years.
    At all ages.Under 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 1515 and under 25.25 and under 45.45 and under 65.65 and upwards.Total cases removec to Hospital.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.Totals.
  • Page 47
    The following table shows the deaths registered in the District from the seven chief zymotic diseases during the past five years:—
    Disease.19291930193119321933
  • Page 47
    District who died in Institutions in the District, and adding one death of an Enfield resident who died outside the District, is 0.11 per 1,000 population.
    Disease.19321933
    Deaths.Death-rateDeaths.Death-rate
  • Page 48
    OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
    Cases.Vision UnimpairedVision impairedTotal blindnessDeaths
    NotifiedTreated.
    At home.In Hospital.
  • Page 48
    The following table shows the number of notifications of Pulmonary and Other Forms of Tuberculosis received during the year :—
    Ward.Pulmonary.Other.
    Fresh Cases.Old Cases re-notified.Duplicates.Fresh Cases.Old Cases re-notified.Duplicates.
  • Page 49
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  • Page 49
    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.Non-RespiratoryRespiratory.Non-Respiratory.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
  • Page 49
    Sex (1st Notifications).
    Form.Males.Females.
  • Page 50
    Cases and Deaths. The number of cases, also deaths from this disease, in the different Wards during the year is shown in the following table, viz.:—
    Ward.Pulmonary.Other.
    CasesDeathsCasesDeaths
  • Page -
    METEOROLOGICAL STATISTICS, 1933.
    Month.Barometer.Temperatures.Rainfall. Millimetres.Sunshine hours.ThunderstormsFogs on days.Frosts on days.Snowfalls.Prevailing. Winds.
    HighestLowestEarth. Means.Lowest Grass. Min.Highest Maximum.Lowest Minimum.Means of latter.
  • Page 59
    REPORT OF THE SCHOOL MEDICAL OFFICER.
  • Page 59
    The comparative figures for the last five years are as follows:—
    19291930193119321933
  • Page 60
    37 per cent. of the children examined were vaccinated. The comparative figures for the last five years are as follow:—
    19291930193119321933
  • Page 60
    The following is a comparative table for the last five years:—
    19291930193119321933
  • Page 60
    The following is a comparative table for the last five years:—
    19291930193119321933
  • Page 61
    The following is a comparative table for the last five years:—
    19291930193119321933
  • Page 62
    The following is a comparative table for the last five years:—
    19291930193119321933
  • Page 63
    INFECTIOUS DISEASE. The following table is a comparative table for the last five years :
    19291930193119321933
  • Page 64
    The following is a summary of the work of the school nurses during 1933 and for the past five years:—
    19291930193119321933
  • Page 65
    The following is a comparative table for the last five years:—
    19291930193119321933
  • Page 65
    The following is a comparative table for the last five years:—
    19291930193119321933
  • Page 65
    The following is a comparative table for the last five years:-
    19291930193119321933
  • Page 65
    The following is a comparative table for the last five years:-
    19291930193119321933
  • Page 67
    During the year the sum of £273 19s. 3d., was collected as follows:—
  • Page 73
    Mentally Defective Children. —Seventeen children were examined under the Mental Deficiency Act (1913) during 1933. The following is a comparative table for the last five vears:—
    19291930193119321933
  • Page 74
    The following table shows comparative figures since 1926 during which period the number of fillings per hundred extractions has risen from 36.7 to 130.
    YearFillings temp, and perm.Extractions temp, and perm.No. of fillings per 100 extractions of Temporary and Permanent Teeth
  • Page 77
    Children aged 12—13 years whose teeth have always been free from dental caries.
    Sex.Diet etc.Medical HistoryCondition of teeth of Mother, Brothers and Sisters.
  • Page 78
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  • Page 86
    TABLE II. (A) Return of defects found by Medical Inspection in the year ending 31st December, 1933.
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  • Page 88
    (B) Number of individual children found at Routine Medical Inspection to require treatment (excluding uncleanliness and dental diseases).
    GROUP. (1)Number of ChildrenPercentage of Children
    Inspected (2)Found to require treatment (3)require treatment. (4)
  • Page 88
    TABLE III. Children suffering from Multiple Defects, i.e., blindness, deafness, mental defect, epilepsy, active tuberculosis, crippling or heart disease Nil
    At Certified School for the Blind.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Instutions.At no school or InstitutionTotal
  • Page 89
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  • Page 90
    PHYSICALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN. A. Tuberculous Children. I.—CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. (Including pleura and intra-thoracic glands.)
    At Certified Special SchoolsAt Public Elementary SchoolsAt other InstitutionsAt no School or InstitutionTotal
  • Page 91
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  • Page 91
    TREATMENT TABLE. GROUP I. MINOR AILMENTS (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group VI.)
    Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year
    DISEASE OR DEFECT. (1)Under the Authority's Scheme, (2)Otherwise. (3)Total. (4)
  • Page 92
    GROUP II.—DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.)
    No. of Dcfects dealt with.
  • Page 92
    No. of children for whom spectacles were
    Prescribed. (1)Obtained. (2)
  • Page 93
    GROUP III—TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF NOSE AND THROAT No. of Defects.
    Recieved Oprative treatmentRecieved Other forms of treatmentTotal Number treated.
    Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital.By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme.Total.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)
  • Page 93
    GROUP IV— ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECT S.
    Under the Authority's Scheme.Otherwise.
    Residential treatment with educationResidential treatment without educationNonresidential treatment at an Orthopaedic ClinicResidential treatment with education.Residential treatment without education.Nonresidential treatment at an Orthopaedic ClinicTotal number treated
  • Page 102
    Inspections.
    Premises.Number of
    Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
  • Page 102
    Defects Found.
    ParticularsNumber of Defects.Number of Prosecutions.
    Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
  • Page 103
    Homework.