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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Edmonton 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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WOMAN INSPECTOR (TEMPORARY).
In November Miss Evelyn Warren, who had helped us for three
months in the summer of 1911, resumed work for a few weeks until her
appointment at Bradford, then Miss Freda Hall was appointed for 3
months' duty from December 9th, as measles was so prevalent.
The table of vital statistics for 1912, showing the various rates for the whole country and for several of the Urban Districts of Middlesex, is given for the purpose of comparison.
| Estimated Population, middle of 1912. | Annual rates per 1,000 of the population. | Infantile Mortality per 1,000 births registered. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nett Births | Nett deaths (corrected) | Zymotic deaths | |||
| England and Wales | 36,539,636 | 23.8 | 13. 3 | – | 95 |
| The 95 great towns including London and Edmonton | 17,639,881 | 24.9 | 14.6 | – | 101 |
| The 146 smaller towns | 4,641,174 | 23.8 | 13.0 | – | 99 |
| England and Wales, less the 241 towns as above | 14,258,581 | 22.6 | 12.1 | – | 86 |
| London (including City) | 4,519,752 | 24.7 | 14.3 | 1.08 | 96 |
| Acton | 59,000 | 25.7 | 11.3 | 0.9 | 70 |
| Wood Green | 50,000 | 24.8 | 10.11 | 0.56 | 50 |
| Enfield | 57,267 | 24.5 | 10.39 | 0.75 | 76 |
| Edmonton | 65,084 | 27.12 | 10.96 | 1.08 | 84 |
During 1912, as in 1911, the aggregate death-rates from the
principal epidemic diseases have not been recorded by the RegistrarGeneral;
the zymotic death-rate is therefore not obtainable in all cases.
The birth-rate of England and Wales is 0.6 lower than last year, and
is the lowest on record; the death-rate is 1.3 lower than 1911, and is the
lowest on record. The infantile death-rate is 35 integers less than last
year, and is the lowest on record, but the figure of 95 is no less than 30
per thousand births below the average of the ten years 1902-1911. The
natural increase in the population of England and Wales, or the excess
of births over deaths, is 385,818 or 9,644 less than the average of the
preceding five years.