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restricted area, causing danger to the children crossing the road.
"Of the 28 fatal casualties, five were children under 15 years and five were
over 60 years of age. Of the nine car occupants who were killed, two were drivers
and seven were passengers. These figures substantiate the need for safety belts, particularly
in respect of passengers. It is an accepted fact that 75 % of severe and fatal
injuries to car occupants are sustained by the front-seat passengers."
The 36 fatalities due to road accidents in Table 4, Causes of Death, relate to
residents of the Borough of Enfield, irrespective of where the fatality occurred.
Inquests
One hundred and eleven inquests and 477 post-mortem examinations without
inquests were held during the year.
Of these, 477 deaths were due to natural causes, 71 to accidental causes, 23
to suicide, four to misadventure, three to homicide, two to manslaughter, and in
eight cases an open verdict was recorded.
Marriages
The Registrar General reports that the provisional figure for the number of
marriages solemnised in the London Borough of Enfield during the year 1967
was 2,213.
(See Statistical Tables 1,2, 3, 4 and 5)
PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Under Section 144 of the Public Health Act, 1936, and Regulations thereunder,
the following diseases are notifiable by medical practitioners to the Medical Officer
of Health:
Scarlet fever, erysipelas, diphtheria and membranous croup, smallpox, enteric
fever, typhus fever, relapsing fever, cholera, acute poliomyelitis, acute encephalitis,
meningococcal infection, measles, whooping cough, ophthalmia neonatorum, puerperal
pyrexia, malaria, dysentery, acute primary pneumonia, acute influenzal
pneumonia, anthrax, tuberculosis, leprosy, food poisoning (Food and Drugs Act,
1955), and plague (L.G.B. Order 1900).
Provisions in relation to the control of infectious diseases by local authorities
are contained in Sections 145 to 180 of the Public Health Act, 1936, as amended
by both the National Health Service Act, 1946, and the Public Health Act, 1961.
Special provisions in relation to food poisoning are contained in the Food and Drugs
Act, 1955.
Further provisions are contained in regulations made under these various Acts.
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