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Edmonton 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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The clerical work in connection with the Woman Inspector, like her
practical work, has increased very much. During the year she spent 133 days
in office work, days doing statistical work, and 4! days preparing the tubercle
quarterly accounts. In addition, Miss Hall and Miss Johnson together spent
27J days in clerical work.
WOMAN INSPECTOR (TEMPORARY).
Miss Hall, who began duty as temporary Woman Inspector on
December 9th, 1912, as measles was so prevalent, completed her three months'
term on March 8th, 1913, and was fortunate enough to forthwith secure a
permanent post; she became Woman Sanitary Inspector at Weston-super-Mare>
and also dealt with tuberculosis cases in the adjacent area on behalf of the
County of Somerset.
COMPARATIVE STATISTICS, 1913.
The table of vital statistics for 1913, 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 1913 | Annual rates per 1,000 of the population. | Infantile Mortality per 1,000 births registered. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mett Births. | Nett deaths (corrected) | Zymotic Deaths. | |||
| England and Wales | 36,919,339 | 23.9 | 13.4 | .. | 109 |
| The 96 great towns including London and Edmonton | 17,852,766 | 25.1 | 14.7 | .. | 117 |
| The 145 smaller towns | 4,669,918 | 23.9 | 13.0 | .. | 112 |
| England and Wales, less the 241 towns as above | 14,396,655 | 22.3 | 12.1 | .. | 96 |
| London (including City) | 4,518,191 | 24.5 | 14.2 | 1.4 | 105 |
| Acton | 60,000 | 2.53 | 12.28 | 1.24 | 83 |
| Wood Green | 50,300 | 24.05 | 10.13 | 0.77 | 08.59 |
| Enfield | 59.146 | 22.5 | 9.75 | 0.52 | 87.15 |
| Edmonton | 66,552 | 27.98 | 12.78 | 1.88 | 105.26 |
During 1913, as in 1911 and 1912, the aggregate death-rates from the
principal epidemic diseases have not been recorded by the Registrar General;
the zymotic death-rate is therefore not obtainable in all cases.
The birth-rate of England and Wales is 0.1 above last year, which was
the lowest on record; the death-rate is 0.4 higher than 1912, which was the
lowest on record. The infantile death-rate is 14 integers more than last year,
which was the lowest on record, but the figure of 109 is 13 per thousand births
below the average of the ten years 1903-1912. The natural increase in the
population of England and Wales, or the excess of births over deaths, is
376,454 or 17,394 less than the average of the preceding five years.