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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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton, UDC]
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Included in the above are those for specific diseases.
| Notified. | Visited. | No. of Visits. | Removed to Hospital. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 8 | 8 | 86 | 2 |
| Puerperal fever | 6 | 6 | 26 | 4 |
| Measles | Not notifiable, and not visited as such. | |||
| Whooping cough | ||||
| Epidemic diarrhœa | ||||
| Anterior poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
"Baby Week" was celebrated in July. Dr. Nash on one afternoon gave
a short talk on economic cooking, whilst Professor Louise Mcllroy, M.D., took
as her subject the following afternoon " Health Hints."
An outing to Southend completed the programme.
The sewing class was discontinued in May.
Births notified during the year were:—
| Live births—(1) by midwives | 1577 |
| (2) by doctors or parents | 469 |
| Still births—(1) by midwives | 40 |
| (2) by doctors | |
| Total births notified | 2099 |
Infantile Mortality.—During the past year, 84 children under the age
of one year have died; per 1,000 births, this gives an infantile mortality figure
of 55.
The number of births notified, as given above, includes births of nonEdmonton
Mothers occurring in the Maternity Wards of the North Middlesex
Hospital. In the quarterly return No. 300, issued by the Registrar-General,
these births are included as Edmonton births, and raise the birth rate to the
fictitious figure of 29.7 and lower the infantile mortality rate to 41. It must he
realised that these figures as quoted on page 28 of that report are provisional.