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Enfield 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

Published
1958
Pages
44
Tables
25

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25 tables in this report

  • Page 8
    EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR.
    Live Births:—TotalMale.Female.
  • Page 8
    Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth:—
    Deaths.Rate per 1,000 Total Births.
  • Page 9
    BIRTH, DEATH AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES.
    Birth-rate.Death-rate.Infant Mortality rate
    LiveStill
  • Page 9
    The more prevalent causes of death during the last 2 years were:—
    Cause of Death19571956
  • Page 10
    TABLE I. Causes of Death during Year 1957.
    Causes of Death.Males.Females.Total.
  • Page 11
    Infant Mortality Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.
    Causes of Death.Under 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 of Age.
  • Page 12
    BIRTHS The corrected birth rates for both sexes, live and still births, which takes into consideration those born outside the Borough and those in the Borough not rightly recorded to the Borough, and also the corrected birth rates for the last five years are:—
    Year.Boys.Girls.Total.Birth-rate per 1,000 Population.Illegitimate Birth-rate per 1,000 Population.
  • Page 17
    Carcases and Offal inspected and condemned in whole or in part
    Cattle Excluding CowsCowsCalvesSheep and LambsPigsHorses
  • Page 18
    The following Licences were in operation at the end of the year:
    Grade.Dealers.Supplementary.
  • Page 18
    FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955 Number and Classes of Food Premises registered under Section 16 of Food and Drugs Act, 1955, number of dairies registered under the Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949, and number of inspections made in regard thereto.
    PremisesNo.No. of Inspections
  • Page 19
    Ice-Cream As will be seen from the tabulated statement above, 107 inspections of ice-cream premises were made during the year. During these visits 38 samples of ice-cream were taken and the reports on these samples are summarised as follows:—
    GradeNo. of Samples
  • Page 19
    Number and weight of articles, etc., of foodstuffs condemned as unfit for food:—
    ArticlesFoodstuffsWeight—lbs.
  • Page 22
    The following table gives details of the samples of foods and drugs procured under the above Act in Enfield by the Food and Drugs Authority during 1957:—
    Article.Total samples procured.Unsatisfactory.
  • Page 26
    INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND SCHOOLS
    1957.1956.
  • Page 26
    NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING THE YEARS 1956 AND 1957.
    19571956
    No.Treated in HospitalDeathsNo.Treated in HospitalDeaths.
  • Page 29
    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.Other FormsRespiratory.Other Forms
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
  • Page 29
    The following table shows the incidence of Tuberculosis and death-rates from this disease in the various Wards in the Borough during the year.
    Ward.Estimated Population.No. of Cases.T.B. Case-rate.T.B. Death-rate.
    RespiratoryOther FormsRespiratoryOther FormsRespiratoryOther Forms
  • Page 30
    The following table sets out the record of examinations carried out and the results.
  • Page 31
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  • Page 33
    The total number of inspections made during the year for all purposes was 24,976.
  • Page 34
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  • Page 36
    Result of Service of Statutory and Informal Notices:—
    Statutory.Informal.
  • Page 38
    1.—INSPECTIONS for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Public Health Inspectors).
    Premises.Number on Register.Number of
    Inspections.Written notices.Occupiers prosecuted.
  • Page 38
    2.—Cases in which DEFECTS were found.
    Particulars.Number of cases in which defects were found.Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted.
    Found.Remedied.Referred.
    To H.M. Inspector.By H.M. Inspector.
  • Page 39
    The following table gives details of the work carried out:— Outwork.
    Nature of Work.No. of Outworkers.Prosecutions.Notices served.