[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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" The accident rate has again fallen in 1967 by 9%. Figures are:

	1965	1966	1967

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Lead Content (mg./I. Pb) water from main taps in consumers' premises

	Number of Samples	Per Cent

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The number of food complaints received was 53. Following investigation, warning letters were sent in the majority of incidents but in 29 cases legal proceedings were instituted with the following results :

Item	Fine				Cost
	£	s	d		£	s	d

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The following table shows, by trades, the number of outworkers in the district.

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TABLE 1 GENERAL STATISTICS

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TABLE 2 VITAL STATISTICS 1967

LIVE BIRTHS	Males	Females	Total	EARLY NEO-NATAL DEATHS (deaths under the age of 1 week)	Males	Females	Total

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TABLE 3 INFANT MORTALITY Deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year of age

CAUSE OF DEATH	Under 1 week	1 and under 2 weeks	2 and under 3 weeks	3 and under 4 weeks	Total under 4 weeks	4 weeks and under 3 months	3 and under 6 months	6 and under 9 months	9 and under 12 months	Total 4 weeks and under 12 months	Total deaths under 1 year

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TABLE 4 CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH

CAUSE OF DEATH	Sex	Total All Ages	Under 4 weeks	4 weeks and under 1 year	AGE IN YEARS
CAUSE OF DEATH	Sex	Total All Ages	Under 4 weeks	4 weeks and under 1 year	1—	5—	15—	25—	35—	45—	55—	65—	75 and over

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TABLE 5 ROAD ACCIDENTS

	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	July	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Total 1967	Total 1966

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TABLE 6 PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE Notification and Deaths

DISEASE	Number Notified	Known to be treated in hospital	Deaths

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TABLE 7 PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE Tuberculosis

Age in Years	New Cases				Deaths
	Respiratory		Other Forms		Respiratory		Other Forms
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F

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TABLE 8 PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE Public Health Laboratory Service Clinical and Environmental Specimens — Findings

Type of Specimen	Number of Specimens Submitted			Findings	Number of Positives	* %.of Positives
Type of Specimen	By Local Authority	By General Practitioners	Total	Findings	Number of Positives	* %.of Positives

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TABLE 9 PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE Public Health Laboratory Service Clinical Specimens — Type and Number

Type of Specimen	Number of Specimens Submitted
Type of Specimen	by Local Authority	by General Practitioners	Total

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TABLE 10 CARE OF MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN Ante-natal and Post-natal Clinics : Relaxation and Mothercraft Classes

Number of Clinics	Number of Sessions		Number of Women in Attendance			Total Number of Attendances
Number of Clinics	Ante-natal and Post-natal (combined sessions)	Relaxation and Mothercraft	Ante-natal	Post-natal	Relaxation and Mothercraft	Ante-natal	Post-natal	Relaxation and Mothercraft

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TABLE 11 CARE OF MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN Child Welfare Clinics

Number of Clinics	Number of Sessions	Number of children who attended			Total number of children who attended	Total number of attendances
		Year of birth
		1967	1966	1962-65

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TABLE 12 CARE OF MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN Dental Care

Dental Services	Expectant and Nursing Mothers	Children under 5 years of age

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TABLE 13 MIDWIFERY Midwives who Notified their intention to Practise within the Borough during 1967

Domiciliary		Institutional
Employed by the Borough	In Private Practice	Hospitals	Nursing Homes	Total

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TABLE 14 MIDWIFERY Care of Premature Infants

Number of Premature Babies Born at Home	Premature Babies Born and Nursed at Home
Number of Premature Babies Born at Home	Number	Died during first 24 hours	Survived to end of 28 days

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TABLE 15 HEALTH VISITING Visits to Homes made by Health Visitors

Home Visits to :	* Number of Visits
Home Visits to :	First Visits	Total Visits

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TABLE 16 HOME NURSING Work Undertaken by the Home Nurses

Number of Visits	Number of Patients	Number of Patients under the age of 5 years	Number of Patients aged 65 years or over	Number of Visits of over one hour duration included in the Total

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TABLE 17 VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION Immunisation against Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Tetanus and Poliomyelitis Persons aged under 16 years (a) Completed Primary Courses

Type of Vaccine	Year of Birth					Others under age 16	Total
Type of Vaccine	1967	1966	1965	1964	1960/63	Others under age 16	Total

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TABLE 18 VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION Smallpox Vaccination Persons aged under 16 years

Age at Date of Vaccination	Number of Persons
Age at Date of Vaccination	Vaccinated	Re-vaccinated

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TABLE 19 VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION Completed Primary Courses of Immunisation by end of 1967 of Children born in 1965

Number of Children in Enfield born in 1965 : 4,248
Immunisation against	No. of Children Immunised (Enfield)	Acceptance Rate per cent
Immunisation against	No. of Children Immunised (Enfield)	Enfield	England & Wales (Provisional)

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TABLE 20 PREVENTION OF ILLNESS, CARE AND AFTER-CARE Tuberculosis Statistics of Chest Clinics

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TABLE 21 ATTENDANCE AT MASS RADIOGRAPHY

	Male	Female	Total

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TABLE 22 CHIROPODY SERVICE (a) Attendances at Clinics

Category of Patient	New Cases first attendances	Old Cases first attendances	Re- attendances	Total attendances for treatment

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TABLE 23 PREVENTION OF ILLNESS, CARE AND AFTER-CARE Venereal Diseases

Hospital	Number of New Cases			Totals
Hospital	Syphilis	Gonorrhoea	Other conditions	Totals

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TABLE 24 SMOKERS CLINIC 1966

		Attended All Sessions				Attended 3-4 Sessions				Attended 1-2 Sessions
		Replies to Questionnaire				Replies to Questionnaire					Replies to Questionnaire
Dates of Series	Sex	Total Attended	No. of Replies	Not Smoking	Smoking	Total Attended	No. of Replies	Not Smoking	Smoking	Total Attended		No. of Replies	Not Smoking	Smoking

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TABLE 25 MENTAL HEALTH Patients under Local Health Authority Care at 31st December, 1967

	Mentally III							Subnormal and Severely Subnormal
	Under age 16 yrs.		Aged 16 yrs. to 64 yrs.		Aged 65 yrs. and over		Total	Under age 16 yrs.		Aged 16 yrs. and over		Total
	M	F	M	F	M	F		M	F	M	F

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TABLE 26 MENTAL HEALTH Patients referred to Health Department during year ended 31st December, 1967

Referred by	Mentally III					Subnormal and Severely Subnormal
Referred by	Under age 16		Aged/16 and over		Total	Under age 16		Aged/16 and over		Total
	M	F	M	F		M	F	M	F

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TABLE 27 MENTAL HEALTH Work of Mental Welfare Officers

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TABLE 28 DOMESTIC HELP Number of Cases in which Domestic Help was Provided during 1967

Aged 65 years or over at time of first visit	Aged Under 65 years on First Visit					Total
Aged 65 years or over at time of first visit	Maternity	Chronic Sick	Tuberculous	Mentally Disordered	Others	Total

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TABLE 29 DEVELOPMENT PLAN

Year	Section	Premises	No. of Places or Pop. Served	Address

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TABLE 30 CERTIFICATION OF BLINDNESS AND PARTIAL SIGHT Follow-up of Registered Blind and Partially Sighted Persons in 1967

	Cause of Disability
	Cataract	Glaucoma	Retrolental Fibroplasia	Myopia	Others

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TABLE 31 WATER SUPPLY Metropolitan Water Board Chemical and Mineral Analysis

	Average Results in milligrams per litre where applicable
	*Thames Derived North of River	New River Derived	Copper-mills Works	Hoe Lane Well Derived	Hadley Road Well Derived	Waltham Abbey Well Derived

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TABLE 32 WATER SUPPLY Metropolitan Water Board Average Bacteriological Results

	Results before Treatment
	*Thames Derived North of River	New River Derived	Copper-mills Works	Hoe Lane Well Derived	Hadley Road Well Derived	Waltham Abbev Well Derived

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TABLE 33 WATER SUPPLY Lee Valley Water Company Representative Sample

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TABLE 34 CLEAN AIR Smoke Control Areas

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TABLE 35 CLEAN AIR National Survey of Air Pollution A. Smoke (Micrograms per cubic meter). Average daily amounts

National Survey Sites :
	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.

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TABLE 37 FOOD AND DRUGS Samples Submitted to Public Analyst

Sample	Total Number Procured	Number Unsatisfactory

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TABLE 39 FOOD AND DRUGS Bacteriological Examination of Milk

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TABLE 41 HOUSING Housing Defects Remedied

Nature of Defect	Action Taken	Number

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TABLE 42 SHOPS AND OFFICES Visits Under Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act, 1963

Class of Premises		Number of Registered Premises receiving a general inspection		Total visits of all kinds to Registered Premises

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TABLE 45 INSPECTIONS AND COMPLAINTS Inspections, Interviews and Visits of the Public Health Inspectorate

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TABLE 46 INSPECTIONS AND COMPLAINTS Summary of Complaints and Requests for Visits

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TABLE 47 MEDICAL INSPECTION Routine Medical Inspection

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TABLE 48 MEDICAL INSPECTION Defects found at Periodic Inspection (Classified in accordance with the requirements of the Department of Education and Science)

Defect or Disease			Requiring Treatment	Requiring Observation

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TABLE 49 MEDICAL INSPECTION Defects found at Special Inspections at Minor Ailments Clinics (Classified in accordance with the requirements of the Department of Education and Science)

Defect or Disease			Requiring Treatment	Requiring Observation

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TABLE 50 HEARING TESTS BY AUDIOMETER

		No. found to have a hearing loss
		Both Ears	Right Ear	Left Ear	Total

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TABLE 51 INSPECTIONS FOR CLEANLINESS Infestation with Vermin

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TABLE 52 MEDICAL TREATMENT Defects treated at Minor Ailments Clinics (Classified in accordance with the requirements of the Department of Education and Science)

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" The accident rate has again fallen in 1967 by 9%. Figures are:

Lead Content (mg./I. Pb) water from main taps in consumers' premises

The number of food complaints received was 53. Following investigation, warning letters were sent in the majority of incidents but in 29 cases legal proceedings were instituted with the following results :

Continued from previous page...

The following table shows, by trades, the number of outworkers in the district.

TABLE 1 GENERAL STATISTICS

TABLE 2 VITAL STATISTICS 1967

TABLE 3 INFANT MORTALITY Deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year of age

TABLE 4 CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH

Continued from previous page...

TABLE 5 ROAD ACCIDENTS

TABLE 6 PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE Notification and Deaths

TABLE 7 PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE Tuberculosis

TABLE 8 PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE Public Health Laboratory Service Clinical and Environmental Specimens — Findings

TABLE 9 PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE Public Health Laboratory Service Clinical Specimens — Type and Number

TABLE 10 CARE OF MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN Ante-natal and Post-natal Clinics : Relaxation and Mothercraft Classes

TABLE 11 CARE OF MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN Child Welfare Clinics

TABLE 12 CARE OF MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN Dental Care

TABLE 13 MIDWIFERY Midwives who Notified their intention to Practise within the Borough during 1967

TABLE 14 MIDWIFERY Care of Premature Infants

TABLE 15 HEALTH VISITING Visits to Homes made by Health Visitors

TABLE 16 HOME NURSING Work Undertaken by the Home Nurses

TABLE 17 VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION Immunisation against Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Tetanus and Poliomyelitis Persons aged under 16 years (a) Completed Primary Courses

TABLE 18 VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION Smallpox Vaccination Persons aged under 16 years

TABLE 19 VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION Completed Primary Courses of Immunisation by end of 1967 of Children born in 1965

TABLE 20 PREVENTION OF ILLNESS, CARE AND AFTER-CARE Tuberculosis Statistics of Chest Clinics

TABLE 21 ATTENDANCE AT MASS RADIOGRAPHY

TABLE 22 CHIROPODY SERVICE (a) Attendances at Clinics

TABLE 23 PREVENTION OF ILLNESS, CARE AND AFTER-CARE Venereal Diseases

TABLE 24 SMOKERS CLINIC 1966

TABLE 25 MENTAL HEALTH Patients under Local Health Authority Care at 31st December, 1967

TABLE 26 MENTAL HEALTH Patients referred to Health Department during year ended 31st December, 1967

TABLE 27 MENTAL HEALTH Work of Mental Welfare Officers

TABLE 28 DOMESTIC HELP Number of Cases in which Domestic Help was Provided during 1967

TABLE 29 DEVELOPMENT PLAN

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TABLE 30 CERTIFICATION OF BLINDNESS AND PARTIAL SIGHT Follow-up of Registered Blind and Partially Sighted Persons in 1967

TABLE 31 WATER SUPPLY Metropolitan Water Board Chemical and Mineral Analysis

TABLE 32 WATER SUPPLY Metropolitan Water Board Average Bacteriological Results

TABLE 33 WATER SUPPLY Lee Valley Water Company Representative Sample

TABLE 34 CLEAN AIR Smoke Control Areas

TABLE 35 CLEAN AIR National Survey of Air Pollution A. Smoke (Micrograms per cubic meter). Average daily amounts

TABLE 37 FOOD AND DRUGS Samples Submitted to Public Analyst

TABLE 39 FOOD AND DRUGS Bacteriological Examination of Milk

TABLE 41 HOUSING Housing Defects Remedied

TABLE 42 SHOPS AND OFFICES Visits Under Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act, 1963

TABLE 45 INSPECTIONS AND COMPLAINTS Inspections, Interviews and Visits of the Public Health Inspectorate

TABLE 46 INSPECTIONS AND COMPLAINTS Summary of Complaints and Requests for Visits

TABLE 47 MEDICAL INSPECTION Routine Medical Inspection

TABLE 48 MEDICAL INSPECTION Defects found at Periodic Inspection (Classified in accordance with the requirements of the Department of Education and Science)

TABLE 49 MEDICAL INSPECTION Defects found at Special Inspections at Minor Ailments Clinics (Classified in accordance with the requirements of the Department of Education and Science)

TABLE 50 HEARING TESTS BY AUDIOMETER

TABLE 51 INSPECTIONS FOR CLEANLINESS Infestation with Vermin

TABLE 52 MEDICAL TREATMENT Defects treated at Minor Ailments Clinics (Classified in accordance with the requirements of the Department of Education and Science)

TABLE 53 EAR, NOSE AND THROAT CLINICS

TABLE 54 OPHTHALMIC CLINICS

TABLE 55 ORTHOPTIC CLINICS

TABLE 56 ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC

TABLE 57 SPEECH CLINICS

TABLE 58 CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC

TABLE 59 DENTAL SERVICE Dental Inspection and Treatment

TABLE 60 HANDICAPPED CHILDREN Children in Special Schools

TABLE 61 VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION B.C.G. Vaccination Scheme