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Edmonton 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

Published
1926
Pages
68
Tables
38

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38 tables in this report

  • Page 6
    NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
  • Page 7
    CHIEF OCCUPATIONS OF THE INHABITANTS. (Over 12). The following details are abstracted from the Census of 1921 and give the proportions per 1,000, male and female separately, for those engaged in the respective occupations; for purpose of comparision, similar figures are given for the County of Middlesex as a whole.
    Occupations.Males.Females
    County.Edm.County.Edm.
  • Page 8
    The following table gives the locally important single occupations or groups of related occupations:—
    Occupation.Males.Females.
    County.Edm.County.Edm.
  • Page 9
    The actual numbers employed in the various occupations are given in the same Census figures as follows:—
    Male.Female.
  • Page 10
    VITAL STATISTICS.
    Male.Female.Total.
  • Page 11
    Deaths of Infants under One Year.
    Male.Female.Total.
  • Page 11
    The following table gives comparative figures for the past five years:—
    Total Births.Birth Rate per 1,000 living.Infantile Mortality Rate.London Rate.
  • Page 11
    The following table of the causes of death is furnished by the Registrar-General:—
    M.F.Total.
  • Page 12
    Continued from previous page...
    M.F.Total.
  • Page 12
    It is not possible to deduce anything from the death returns relating to a small population like that of Edmonton, but the following, which relate to the five years under survey, may be interesting.
    Deaths from19211922192319241925
  • Page 13
    Comparative Statistics. The Registrar-General has forwarded provisional figures relating to England and Wales, and I am thus enabled to shew the following comparative tables.
    All Causes.Enteric Fever.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Whooping Cough.DiphtheriaInfluenza.
  • Page 14
    Mr. E. Ridley, the Clerk to the Guardians, has furnished me with figures for the year 1925, shewing the amount of Poor Law relief and the extent of gratuitous medical relief.
    Out-Door Relief.Number.Amount.
  • Page 16
    Cases dealt with during 1925:—
  • Page 18
    A motor ambulance is housed at the Fire Station and run by the Brigade ; the following figures given by the Superintendent show the extent to which it has been used during 1925.
  • Page 18
    CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES.
    Situation.Accommodation.Authority.
  • Page 21
    LEGISLATION IN FORCE. List of Adoptive Acts, Bye-Laws, Local Regulations, etc., in force in the District.
    ACTS.Date of Adoption.
  • Page 22
    Continued from previous page...
    Edmonton Urban District Council Act1898
  • Page 24
    The following tabular statement gives the number and the nature of a the inspections made by the Inspectors during the year:—
  • Page 25
    Continued from previous page...
  • Page 39
    The figures include some adulterated informal samples, in respect of which no proceedings could be taken.
    Article.No. taken.Adulterated.
  • Page 39
    Edmonton is badly off for retailers of designated milks; the number of milk-sellers who have licenses to sell these are:—
  • Page 40
    The animals thus inspected were:—
  • Page 41
    The number of slaughterhouses in the district for the following dates were:—
    In 1920.Jan., 1925Dec., 1925.
  • Page 43
    The following table gives, for the last five years, the number of notified cases of diphtheria, the case fatality, and the fatality per 1,000 of population compared with London and the whole of England and Wales.
    Cases Notified.Deaths.Case Fatality.Death Rate per 1,000 Population.
    Edmonton.London.England and Wales.
  • Page 46
    The number of swabs examined for diphtheria during the year was 1,229, whilst the findings were as follows: —
    Positive.Negative.
  • Page 49
    The following table gives details regarding these diseases
    Disease.Total No. of Cases.Number Removed.Under 1 year.1—22—33—44—55—1010—1515—2020—3535—4545—6565 & over.
  • Page 51
    TUBERCULOSIS. Details as to the form and age of patients affected, etc., are given in the subjoined table.
    Age Periods.New Cases.Deaths.
    Pulm.Non-Pulm.Pulm.Non-Pulm.
    MFMFMFMF
  • Page 52
    The following deaths from tuberculosis occurred without prior notification.
    Male.Female.Total.
    Pulmonary5712
  • Page 52
    The non-pulmonary forms of tuberculosis were:—
  • Page 52
    The notifications of the pulmonary form were received from the following:—
  • Page 54
    The ante-natal clinic is held one morning weekly, and the following gives some idea of the work carried out there during the past five years:—
    New Cases.Total Attendances.
  • Page 54
    The Welfare Centres, during 1925, were held four afternoons a week and the following figures relate to these:—
    New Cases.Total Attendances.
  • Page 54
    Milk is given free only in those cases where the supply is essential on grounds of health, whilst the proportion paid by the parents and the income scale is as follows:—
    Number of persons in family.Net income per family after deducting rent.
    Free Supply.25% cost.5°% cost
    s.d.s.d.s.d.
  • Page 56
    The following is the scale of income, exclusive of rent, adopted by the Committee early in 1925, controlling the proportion of the cost which the mother is asked to pay:—
    Number in family.QuarterHalfThree-quarter
    cost.cost.cost.
    s.d.s.d.s.d.
  • Page 56
    Details of the work carried out are as follows:—
    Mothers.Children.
  • Page 59
    1. —Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
    Premises.Number of
    Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
  • Page 60
    2.— Defects found in the above.
    Particulars.Number of Defects.No. of Prosecutions.
    Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
  • Page 60
    The details of the nuisances remedied are as follows:—