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Enfield 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

Published
1935
Pages
130
Tables
69

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69 tables in this report

  • Page 9
    The following table indicates the growth in the number of inhabited houses, the rateable value and the sum represented by a penny rate during the last ten years.
    YearNo. of inhabited houses.Rateable value.Sum represented by a penny rate.
    ££s.d.
  • Page 10
    England and Wales, London, 121 County Boroughs and great towns (including London) and 135 smaller towns:—
    Birth-rate.Recorded Death-rate.Infantile Death-rate.
    Live Births.Still Births.
  • Page 12
    TABLE 1. Causes of Death during Year 1934.
    Causes of Death.Males.Females.Total.
  • Page 13
    TABLE II. Infant Mortality Net Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.
    Causes of Death.Under 1 week.1 to 2 weeks.2 to 3 weeks.3 to 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 One Year.
  • Page 15
    The corrected birth-rates for both sexes, live and still-births, which takes into consideration those born outside the District and those in the District not rightly recorded to the District, and also the corrected birth-rates for the last 5 years, are:—
    Year.Boys.Girls.Total.Birth-rate per 1,000 Population.Illegitimate Birth-rate per 1,000 Population.
  • Page 18
    The following work was carried out in the Council's laboratory during the year.
    Specimen.No.Positive.Negative.Percentage of Positives.
  • Page 20
    The following statement shows the total number of beds belonging to, or reserved for the sole use of, the County Council during 1934.
    Institution.Accommodation.Type of case.
    Adults.Children.
    M.F.
  • Page 26
    CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE LOCAL AUTHORITY. MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
    District.Situation of Centre.Day and times open.
  • Page 27
    MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE WORK. The following tables show the attendances at the Infant Welfare and Ante-Natal Clinics during the year. INFANT WELFARE CENTRES.
    Centre.Total Attendances.Individual Attendances.New Attendances.No. seen by Dr.Average Attendance per Meeting.
  • Page 27
    ANTE-NATAL CLINICS.
    Centre.New Attendances.Re-Attendances.Total AttendancesAverage Attendance per Meeting.
  • Page 28
    Visits.
    Town, Chase and Hadley.Bush Hill Park.Ordnance.Ponders End.Totals.
  • Page 28
    Feeding, etc.
    Feeding.Town, Chase and Hadley%Bush Hill Park%Ordnance%Ponders End!%Totals%
  • Page 30
    The following table is an analysis of the children sent for tor routine examination, shewing the number of appointments made at each birthday.
    Appointments.1st. Birthday.2nd Birthday.3rd. Birthday.4th. Birthday.Total.
  • Page 33
    DENTAL TREATMENT. The following particulars show the work which has been carried out during the year, also the totals for the four previous years.
    Mothers.ChildrenTotals.
    1934.1933.1932.1931.1930.
  • Page 48
    The number of slaughter-houses in the District at the date specified is as follows:—
    January.December.
  • Page 50
    URBAN DISTRICT OF ENFIELD. List of samples purchased during the year ended 31st December, 1934:
    Article.Taken.Adulterated.
  • Page 51
    TABLE III.—Cases of Infectious Diseases notified during the year 1934.
    Notifiable Disease.Number of Cases Notified.Total cases removed to Hospital.Deaths.
    At Ages—Years.At Ages—Years.
    At all ages.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.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.Totals.
  • Page 52
    SCARLET FEVER Two hundred and fifty two cases of Scarlet Fever occurred during the year in 223 houses, as follows:—
  • Page 52
    DIPHTHERIA. Thirty-seven cases of this disease occurred during the year in 22 houses, as follows:—
  • Page 52
    DIPHTHERIA CARRIERS. Seventeen cases of this disease occurred during the year in 6 houses, as follows:—
  • Page 53
    ZYMOTIC DISEASES. The following table shows the deaths registered in the District from the seven chief zymotic diseases during the past five years:—
    Disease.19301931193219331934
  • Page 54
    The zymotic death-rate, after deducting nine deaths of persons residing outside the District who died in Institutions in the District, is 0.02 per 1,000 population.
    Disease.19331934
    Deaths.Death-rateDeaths.Death-rate
  • Page 54
    OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
    Cases.Vision UnimpairedVision impairedTotal blindnessDeaths
    NotifiedTreated.
    At home.In Hospital.
  • Page 55
    The following table shows the number of notifications of Pulmonary and Other Forms of Tuberculosis received during the year
    Ward.Pulmonary.Other.
    Fresh Cases.Old Cases re-notified.Duplicates.Fresh Cases.Old Cases re-notified.Duplicates.
  • Page 56
    The following table gives particulars of the ages of the new cases notified, and deaths from this disease during the year:—
    Age Periods.New Cases.Deaths.
    Respiratory.Non-RespiratoryRespiratory.Non-Respiratory.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
  • Page 56
    Sex (1st Notifications).
    Form.Males.Females.
  • Page 56
    Cases and Deaths. The number of cases, also deaths from this disease, in the different Wards during the year is shown in the following table, viz.:—
    Ward.Pulmonary.Other.
    CasesDeathsCasesDeaths
  • Page 58
    METEOROLOGICAL STATISTICS, 1934.
    Month.Barometer.Temperatures.Rainfall. Millimetres.Sunshine hours.ThunderstormsFogs on days.Frosts on days.Snowfalls.Prevailing-Winds
    HighestLowestEarth. Means.Lowest Grass. Min.Highest Maximum.Lowest Minimum.Means of latter.
  • Page 67
    The following is a comparative table for the last five years:—
    19301931193219331934
  • Page 67
    The following is a comparative table for the last five years:—
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  • Page 68
    The following is a comparative table for the last five years
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  • Page 68
    The following is a comparative table tor the Jast hve years:—
    19301931193219331934
  • Page 69
    INFECTIOUS DISEASE. The following table is a comparative table for the last five years :
    19301931193219331934
  • Page 70
    The following is a summary of the work of the school nurses during 1934 and for the past five years
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  • Page 71
    The following is a comparative table for the last five years:—
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  • Page 71
    The following is a comparative table for the last five years:—
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  • Page 71
    The following is a comparative table for the last five years:—
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  • Page 71
    The following is a comparative table for the last five years:—
  • Page 74
    During the year the sum of £247 11s. 9d. was collected, as follows:—
    £s.d.
  • Page 79
    The following is a comparative table for the last five years:—
    19301931193219331934
  • Page 80
    DEFECTS.
    Jnr. Technical.Grammar.County.
    Requiring Treatment.Requiring Observation.Requiring Treatment.Requiring Observation.Requiring Treatment.Requiring Observation.
  • Page 82
    The following table gives the number of fillings inserted in temporary and permanent teeth and the number of extractions of temporary and permanent teeth during recent years.
    YearFillings in temp. and perm. teethExtractions of temp. and perm. teethNo. of fillings in temporary and permanent teeth per 100 extractions of Temporary and Permanent Teeth.
  • Page 85
    The following tables show the figures for the last five years:—
    19301931193219331934
  • Page 88
    Statistical Tables for the Annual Report of the School Medical Officer, for the Year 1934. TABLE 1. RETURN OF MEDICAL INSPECTIONS. A.—ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTION.
  • Page 89
    TABLE II. (A) Return of defects found by Medical Inspection in the year ending 31st December, 1934.
    DISEASE OR DEFECT.Routine InspectionSpecial Inspection
    No. of DefectsNo. of Defects
    Requiring TreatmentRequiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring treatmentRequiring TreatmentRequiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment
  • Page 90
    TABLE II (continued)
  • Page 91
    (B) Number of individual children found at Routine Medical Inspection to require treatment (excluding uncleanliness and dental diseases).
    GROUP.Number of Children
    InspectedFound to require treatment
    (1)(2)(3)
  • Page 91
    TABLE III. Children suffering from Multiple Defects, i.e., blindness, deafness, mental defect, epilepsy, active tuberculosis, crippling or heart disease Nil BLIND CHILDREN.
    At Certified School for the Blind.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no school or InstitutionTotal
  • Page 91
    PARTIALLY SIGHTED CHILDREN.
    At Certified Schools for the Blind.At Certified Schools for the Partially Sighted.At Public Elementary Schools.At other InstitutionsAt no School or Institution.Total.
  • Page 92
    DEAF CHILDREN.
    At Certified schools for the DeafAt Public Elementary SchoolsAt other InstitutionsAt no School or InstitutionTotal
  • Page 92
    PARTIALLY DEAF CHILDREN.
    At Certified Schools for the DeafAt Certified Schools for the Partially Deaf.At Public Elementary SchoolsAt other InstitutionsAt no School or InstitutionTotal
  • Page 92
    MENTALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN. FEEBLE-MINDED CHILDREN.
    At Certified Schools for Mentally Defective Children.At Public Elementary Schools.At other InstitutionsAt no School or InstitutionTotal
  • Page 92
    EPILEPTIC CHILDREN. CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM SEVERE EPILEPSY.
    At Certified Special SchoolsAt Public Elementary Schools.At other InstitutionsAt no School or InstitutionTotal
  • Page 93
    I—CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. (Including pleura and intra-thoracic glands.)
    At Certified Special SchoolsAt Public Elementary SchoolsAt other InstitutionsAt no School or InstitutionTotal
  • Page 93
    II.—CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM NON-PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS.
    At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary SchoolsAt other InstitutionsAt no School or InstitutionTotal
  • Page 93
    B.—DELICATE CHILDREN.
    At Certified Special SchoolsAt Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or InstitutionTotal
  • Page 93
    C.—CRIPPLED CHILDREN.
    At Certified Special SchoolsAt Public Elementary SchoolsAt other InstitutionsAt no School or InstitutionTotal
  • Page 94
    D.—CHILDREN WITH HEART DISEASE.
    At Certified Special SchoolsAt Public Elementary SchoolsAt other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total
  • Page 94
    TABLE IV. RETURN OF DEFECTS TREATED DURING THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1934. TREATMENT TABLE. GROUP I.—MINOR AILMENTS (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group VI.)
    DISEASE OR DEFECT.Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year
    Under the Authority's Scheme.Otherwise.Total.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)
  • Page 95
    GROUP II.—DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.)
    DEFECT OR DISEASE.No. of Defects dealt with.
    Under The Authority's Scheme.OtherwiseTotal
  • Page 95
    No. of children for whom spectacles were
    Prescribed. (1)Obtained. (2)
  • Page 96
    GROUP III—TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF NOSE AND THROAT No. of Defects.
    Received Operative Treatment.Received other forms of TreatmentTotal number treated.
    Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital.By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's SchemeTotal
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
  • Page 96
    GROUP IV.—ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS.
    Under the Authority's Scheme.Otherwise.Total number treated
    Residential treatment with educationResidential treatment without educationNonresidential treatment at an Orthopaedic ClinicResidential treatment with education.Residential treatment without education.Nonresidential treatment at an Orthopaedic Clinic
  • Page 97
    GROUP V.—DENTAL DEFECTS. 1. Number of children who were:— I. Inspected by the Dentist:
    Aged
  • Page 99
    Number of Houses Inspected.
    Inspections.
  • Page 100
    Continued from previous page...
    Inspections.
  • Page 105
    The following tables give details of the work done in connection with these places:— Inspections.
    Premises.Number of
    Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
  • Page 106
    Defects Found.
    Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions.
    Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
  • Page 106
    Homework.
    Nature of Work.Lists received from EmployersNotices served on Occupiers as to keeping or sending Lists.
    Sending once in the year.Sending twice in the year.
    Lists.Workmen.Lists.Workmen.