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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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CANCER.
The incidence of Cancer relative to the various organs of the body is given as under :—
| Males. | Females. | |
|---|---|---|
| Breast | — | 14 |
| Uterus | — | 7 |
| Buccal cavity and oesophagus | 6 | — |
| Stomach and duodenum | 14 | 15 |
| All other sites | 71 | 51 |
| 91 | 87 |
PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS.
Cases of ophthalmia neonatorum are promptly visited and, if thought
necessary, are removed to hospital for treatment. No cases of blindness have
arisen during the year due to this cause.
As provided by Section 176 (1) of the Public Health Act, 1936, arrangements
exist with the Middlesex County Council for the treatment at the school
clinics of adolescents who are ascertained at school to be suffering from defective
vision.
ORTHOPAEDIC TREATMENT.
Details of this scheme were set out in my Report for 1939. Financial
assistance was rendered for the supply of surgical appliances in 2 cases during
the year.
ESTABLISHMENTS FOR MASSAGE OR SPECIAL TREATMENT.
In 1941 the Council resolved that Part 7 of the Middlesex County Council
Act, 1934, be put into operation in the Borough.
TUBERCULOSIS.
The table below gives details of the ages and sex of new cases of Tuberculosis, also deaths from the disease; this latter figure includes the deaths of non-notified cases.
| Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non-respiratory | Respiratory | Non-respiratory | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Under 1 year | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 1— 5 years | 3 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| 5—15 „ | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| 15—25 „ | 18 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |
| 25—35 „ | 13 | 10 | ... | ... | 5 | 6 | 1 | ... |
| 35—45 | 16 | 8 | 1 | ... | 8 | 6 | 2 | ... |
| 45—55 | 7 | 2 | ... | 6 | 4 | 2 | ... | |
| 55—65 | 9 | 2 | ... | ... | 9 | 2 | ... | 1 |
| 65 years upwards | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | ... |
| 70 | 49 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 26 | 7 | 6 | |