Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Fatal accidents During the year 33 (20 males, 13 females) Enfield residents died as a result of motor vehicle accidents
and 38 (11 males, 27 females) from other accidents. There were 19 deaths (12 males, 7 females) from
suicide.
Inquests During the year 99 inquests and 636 post mortem examinations without inquests were held.
Road accidents I have, on previous occasions, expressed the view that the four main factors causing road accidents are
haste, impatience, selfishness and downright bad manners by all categories or road users. I subsequently
added "motorway madness" (a form of suicidal and homicidal indifference to obvious road dangers
in spite of adequate warning) and now I feel that "cheating" at traffic controls and road direction
signs should be included.
1 am grateful to the Borough Engineer and Surveyor for providing the following information relating to road accidents.
1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Accidents | 1859 | 1685 | 1532 | 1560 | 1529 | 1595 | 1570 | 1586 |
Casualties | 2387 | 2206 | 1986 | 1968 | 1977 | 2055 | 2029 | 2077 |
Fatal | 26 | 34 | 28 | 25 | 27 | 21 | 28 | 29 |
Serious | 423 | 365 | 364 | 354 | 275 | 251 | 295 | 257 |
Slight | 1938 | 1807 | 1594 | 1589 | 1675 | 1783 | 1706 | 1791 |
Location
Trunk roads | 397 | 410 | 327 | 319 | 381 | 331 | 350 | 360 |
Metropolitan roads | 298 | 277 | 252 | 266 | 251 | 251 | 233 | 276 |
Principal roads | 484 | 422 | 392 | 392 | 340 | 353 | 337 | 325 |
Classified roads | 373 | 311 | 256 | 308 | 277 | 361 | 356 | 327 |
District roads | 307 | 265 | 305 | 275 | 280 | 299 | 294 | 298 |
Types of road user
Pedestrians | 456 | 432 | 414 | 462 | 436 | 435 | 469 | 447 |
Pedal cyclists | 302 | 266 | 233 | 198 | 220 | 179 | 170 | 169 |
Motor cyclists and passenger | 300 | 239 | 199 | 194 | 129 | 157 | 170 | 129 |
Scooters, mopeds and passenger | 307 | 229 | 153 | 135 | 108 | 118 | 91 | 65 |
Drivers of cars and passengers | 760 | 850 | 805 | 801 | 886 | 917 | 925 | 1010 |
Drivers and passengers of goods and | ||||||||
other vehicles | 262 | 190 | 182 | 178 | 198 | 249 | 204 | 257 |
Age groups
Under 5 years | 52 | 61 | 59 | 61 | 62 | 47 | 73 | 78 |
5 -14 years | 249 | 251 | 237 | 271 | 246 | 281 | 291 | 284 |
15 -60 years | 1881 | 1719 | 1525 | 1463 | 1439 | 1527 | 1456 | 1498 |
Over 60 years | 205 | 175 | 165 | 173 | 230 | 200 | 209 | 217 |
See Tables (1), (2), (3) and (4).
Prevalence and control of infectious diseases
Part V
Public Health Act
1936
Sections 47-49
Health Services
and Public Health
Act 1968
Public Health
IInfectious
Diseases)
Regulations 1968
Measles
Nine hundred and seventy-one notifications of infectious disease and food poisoning were received
from medical practitioners and of these 404 (42%) were school children. In addition, head teachers
reported 382 cases of suspected infectious disease.
There were 450 cases (269 fewer than last year) which accounted for 46% of all notifications of
infectious diseases.
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