[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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This table of vital statistics for 1920 shows the various rates for the whole country and for the groups of greater and large towns and for London, and is given for the purpose of comparison.

	Estimated Population middle of 1920.	Annual rates per 1,000 of the population.			Infantile Mortality per 1,000 births registered.
	Estimated Population middle of 1920.	Nett Births.	Nett Deaths.	Zymotic Deaths.	Infantile Mortality per 1,000 births registered.

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TABLE IV.—Infantile Mortality, 1920. Nett deaths from stated causes at various ages under i year of age.

Causes of Death (I uncertified).	Classification.	Under i week.	1—2 weeks.	2—3 weeks.	3—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 1 year.

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INFANTILE MORTALITY, 1920.

Month.	After Birth.	Revisits.	After 6 mths.	After Death.	Expctnt. Mothers	Stillbirths.	Nglctd. Children	Over 1 year.

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INSPECTIONS UNDER FACTORY AND WORKSHOPS ACT.

Month.	Factories.	Workshops.	Laundries.	Outworkers.	Rooms Measured.

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NOTIFIABLE DISEASES, 1920.

Month.	Doubtful.	Tubercle (all forms).	Erysipelas.	Ophthalmia Neonatorum.	Puerperal Fever.	Totals.

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NON-NOTIFIABLE DISEASES.

Month.	Measles.	Mumps.	Whooping Cough.	Chicken-pox.	Doubtful.	Total.

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Free Supply.

No. in family.	Nett income per head of the family per week.	Total nett income.

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All necessitous cases, not coming within the free supply, are dealt with on the half-price scale in accordance with the following tariff:—

No. in family.	Nett income per head of the family per week.	Total nett income.

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Income from lodgers is reckoned on the following basis:—

Payments received per week from lodgers.	Proportion reckoned as income.

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The working of the Centres:—

Address.	Session.	Average attendance per session.

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The following table shows the number of cases notified amongst residents, and the number isolated, the percentage of these to the cases notified, and the fatality, i .e., the percentage of cases dying to those notified.

Disease.	Cases Notified.	No. isolated in Hospital.	Isolations per cent.	Total Deaths.	Fatality per cent.

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During the year the following specimens were examined and reported upon:—

Disease.	Result Positive.	Result Negative.	Doubtful.	Total.

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Received from—

	Pulmonary.		Other forms.
	M.	F.	M.	F.

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I submit a table below giving the reader a slight idea of the considerable amount of useful work that has been carried out by these officers:—

Road.	Inspections	Re-inspections	Preliminary Notices.	Statutory Notices.	Statutory Dust-bin Notices.	Sec. 28 H .&T.P. Act 1919 Notices.

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TABLE II. All Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the year 1920 (excluding Military).

Number of Cases Notified.								Total cases notified in each Ward or Institution.
At all Ages.	At Ages—Years.							Bury Street Ward	Church Street Ward	Fore Street Ward	Residents Edmonton Infirmary	Total Residents	Others in Edmonton Infirmary	Epileptic Colony
	Under 1	1 and under 5	5 and under 15	15 and under 25	25 and under 45	45 and under 65	65 and upwards.	Bury Street Ward	Church Street Ward	Fore Street Ward	Residents Edmonton Infirmary	Total Residents	Others in Edmonton Infirmary	Epileptic Colony
	Under 1	1 and under 5	5 and under 15	15 and under 25	25 and under 45	45 and under 65	65 and upwards.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7

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TABLE III. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1920. (Classified by age and cause; excluding military.)

Cause of Death. (One uncertified by Doctor or Coroner.)	Class.	Nett deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the district.									Total deaths of ''Non-residents" in institutions in the district.
		All Ages.	Under 1 year.	1 and under 2.	2 and under 5.	5 and under 15.	15 and under 25.	25 and under 45.	45 and under 65.	65 and upwards.	Foreign.
		All Ages.	Under 1 year.	1 and under 2.	2 and under 5.	5 and under 15.	15 and under 25.	25 and under 45.	45 and under 65.	65 and upwards.	Infy.	M.A.B.	Total.

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Herewith I append a statement of work done under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act by the Middlesex County Council Inspector for this District, kindly supplied by the Chief Officer of the Public Control Department.

Article.	Taken.	Adulterated.

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The ages and numbers of children inspected were as follows:—

Ages		Entrants.			8 year		Leavers.			Grand Total.
Ages	5	6	7	Totals	old group.	12	13 and over.	Central Sch'l.	Totals	Grand Total.

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"B"— Groups other than Code.

	Special cases.	Re-examinations.

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RETURN SHOWING PHYSICAL, CONDITION OF CHILDREN INSPECTED AT ROUTINE MEDICRL INSPECTION. Total inspected, 5318. Boys, 2782; Girls, 2536.

Ages.	Boys.			Girls.
Ages.	Entrants	8-9	Leavers	Entrants	8-9	Leavers

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NUTRITION.

Ages.	Boys.			Girls.
Ages.	Entrants	8-9	Leavers	Entrants	8-9	Leavers

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VERMIN Found during Routine Inspection.

	Boys.	Girls.

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The following visits were paid by Mrs Hobbs in "following-up" cases reported to me by the School Medical Inspector, or Head Teachers, or Attendance Officers:-

	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	Total

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The schedule of family income adopted by the Committee is as follows, after rent and fares have been deducted:—

	£	s.	d.

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The following are comparative figures per week of the meals supplied to school children during the months of October and December, 1920

	Breakfasts.	Dinners.

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The number of children excluded at the routine inspection was 24—7 boys and 17 girls, the reasons for exclusion being:-

Vermin—	Boys	Girls	Contagious Skin Dis.—	Boys	Girls

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The total number of exclusion certificates (including the above) issued by the School Medical Officers during the year was 1027, compared with 728 the year before. The reasons for the exclusions were:—

	No. of Cert.		No. of Cert.

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TABLE II (Board of Education) RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND IN THE COURSE OF MEDICAL INSPECTION, 1920.

Defect or Disease.		Routine.		Special
(1)		(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)

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TABLE III. (Board of Education) NUMERICAL RETURN OF ALL EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN IN THE AREA IN 1920.

		Boys.	Girls.	Total

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A.—Treatment of Minor Ailments. From 16th March, 1920.

Disease or defect	Number of Children
	Referred for treatment.	Treated.
	Referred for treatment.	Under Local Education Authority's Scheme.	Otherwise.	Total.	Not treated.

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B.—Treatment of Visual Defect from May 13th, 1920.

Number of children
Referred for re-fraction.	Submitted for refraction.				For whom glasses were prescribed.	For whom glasses were provided.	Recommended for treatment other than by glasses.	Received other forms of treatment.	For whom no treatment was considered necessary.
Referred for re-fraction.	Under Local Education Authority's Scheme Clinic or Hospital.	By Private Practitioner or Hospital.	Otherwise.	Total.	For whom glasses were prescribed.	For whom glasses were provided.	Recommended for treatment other than by glasses.	Received other forms of treatment.	For whom no treatment was considered necessary.

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C.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.

Number of children
Referred for treatment	Received operative treatment.			Received other forms of treatment.	Not treated.
129 orders for operations given out.	Under Local Education Authority's Scheme-Clinic or Hospital.	By private Practitioner or Hospital.	Total operations.	Received other forms of treatment.	Not treated.

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D.—Treatment of Dental Defects. 1. Number of children dealt with From April 21st, 1920.

	Age Groups.										"Specials."	Total.
	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	"Specials."	Total.

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2. Particulars of time given and of operations undertaken.

Number of half days devoted to inspection.	Number of half days devoted to treatment.	Total number of attendances made by the children at the Clinic.	Number of permanent teeth.		Number of temporary teeth.		Total number of fillings.	Number of administrations of General Anaesthetics included in (4) and (6).	Number of other operations.
Number of half days devoted to inspection.	Number of half days devoted to treatment.		Extracted	Filled.	Extracted.	Filled.	Total number of fillings.		Permanent teeth.	Temporary teeth.

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TABLE V. (Board of Education). SUMMARY OF TREATMENT OF DEFECTS AS SHOWN IN TABLE IV.

Disease or Defect.	Number ot Children.
		Treated.
	Referred for Treatment.	Under Local Education Authority's Scheme.	Otherwise.	Total.	Not Treated.

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This table of vital statistics for 1920 shows the various rates for the whole country and for the groups of greater and large towns and for London, and is given for the purpose of comparison.

TABLE IV.—Infantile Mortality, 1920. Nett deaths from stated causes at various ages under i year of age.

INFANTILE MORTALITY, 1920.

INSPECTIONS UNDER FACTORY AND WORKSHOPS ACT.

NOTIFIABLE DISEASES, 1920.

NON-NOTIFIABLE DISEASES.

Free Supply.

All necessitous cases, not coming within the free supply, are dealt with on the half-price scale in accordance with the following tariff:—

Income from lodgers is reckoned on the following basis:—

The working of the Centres:—

The following table shows the number of cases notified amongst residents, and the number isolated, the percentage of these to the cases notified, and the fatality, i .e., the percentage of cases dying to those notified.

During the year the following specimens were examined and reported upon:—

Received from—

I submit a table below giving the reader a slight idea of the considerable amount of useful work that has been carried out by these officers:—

TABLE II. All Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the year 1920 (excluding Military).

TABLE III. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1920. (Classified by age and cause; excluding military.)

Herewith I append a statement of work done under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act by the Middlesex County Council Inspector for this District, kindly supplied by the Chief Officer of the Public Control Department.

The ages and numbers of children inspected were as follows:—

"B"— Groups other than Code.

RETURN SHOWING PHYSICAL, CONDITION OF CHILDREN INSPECTED AT ROUTINE MEDICRL INSPECTION. Total inspected, 5318. Boys, 2782; Girls, 2536.

NUTRITION.

VERMIN Found during Routine Inspection.

The following visits were paid by Mrs Hobbs in "following-up" cases reported to me by the School Medical Inspector, or Head Teachers, or Attendance Officers:-

The schedule of family income adopted by the Committee is as follows, after rent and fares have been deducted:—

The following are comparative figures per week of the meals supplied to school children during the months of October and December, 1920

The number of children excluded at the routine inspection was 24—7 boys and 17 girls, the reasons for exclusion being:-

The total number of exclusion certificates (including the above) issued by the School Medical Officers during the year was 1027, compared with 728 the year before. The reasons for the exclusions were:—

TABLE II (Board of Education) RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND IN THE COURSE OF MEDICAL INSPECTION, 1920.

TABLE III. (Board of Education) NUMERICAL RETURN OF ALL EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN IN THE AREA IN 1920.

A.—Treatment of Minor Ailments. From 16th March, 1920.

B.—Treatment of Visual Defect from May 13th, 1920.

C.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.

D.—Treatment of Dental Defects. 1. Number of children dealt with From April 21st, 1920.

2. Particulars of time given and of operations undertaken.

TABLE V. (Board of Education). SUMMARY OF TREATMENT OF DEFECTS AS SHOWN IN TABLE IV.

TABLE VI. (Board of Education). SUMMARY RELATING TO CHILDREN MEDICALLY INSPECTED AT THE ROUTINE INSPECTIONS DURING THE YEAR 1920.