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Public Health Department,
Town Hall,
Edmonton, N.9.
Telephone No. EDMonton 3000
Ext. 16
HIS WORSHIP THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND COUNCILLORS
OF THE BOROUGH OF EDMONTON
Your Worship, Ladies and Gentlemen,
1962 opened with considerable public interest in Smallpox as a
result of a case in St. Pancras and later outbreaks in Birmingham,
Bradford and South Wales areas. 3,681 international certificates of
vaccination were authorised for persons going out of the country during
1962 and large numbers of Edmonton residents were vaccinated either at
their place of work or in the surgeries of their family doctors. There
was no spread of smallpox into Edmonton from any of the affected areas.
The health of Edmonton was in fact fairly good in 1962. There was a
troublesome outbreak of food poisoning originating from meat originally
infected at Smithfield and the fogs and frosts of November and December
took some toll among the very young and the old and those with weaknesses
of the chest and heart. After a rise in 1961 the death rate fell and the
birth rate rose again. Edmonton is somewhat more middle-aged than the
population of England and Wales as a whole and therefore both birth-rate
and death-rate will probably continue to rise.
There were a certain number of staff changes in 1962. Dr. Goggin
departed to a well-earned retirement on the 15th January and Dr. Daphne
Sasieni was Deputy Medical Officer of Health for the months of July, August
and September. On November 5th Dr. T.F.M. Jackson became Deputy Medical
Officer of Health. In the staff of the Public Health Inspectors
Mr. R.A. Royle left us in June 1962 and Mr. M.R. Ruocco left to go to
Harlow in September, 1962. Mr. D.J. Faithfull qualified as a Public
Health Inspector in July, 1962 and filled the vacancy left by Mr. Royle
and Mr. J.G. Cummins qualified as Public Health Inspector in December,
1962 and filled the vacancy left by Mr. Ruocco. Mr. Faithfull's place
as Clean Air Assistant was taken by Mr. R.N. Richards in December, 1962
and in December Mr. B..T. Barnett joined the staff as a Temporary Junior
Clerk and also began to study for the Public Health Inspectors Diploma.
One smoke control area No.5 and one clearance area comprising
Millfield Road and part of Windmill Road and a portion of Silver Street
in between were represented. A Smoke Control Order was confirmed by the
Minister but the Compulsory Purchase Order for the clearance area still
awaits confirmation at time of writing.
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