[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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Infective Hepatitis 1968 and 1969

Age in Years	No. of Cases		Totals
Age in Years	M	F	Totals

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Radiography Unit 6A for the information made available in regard to the outcome of the further investigations from the 1968 and 1969 surveys, as follows:

	1968 Survey			1969 Survey
Pulmonary Tuberculosis	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total

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The number of food complaints received was 113. Following investigation, warning letters were sent in the majority of incidents but in twenty-seven cases legal proceedings were instituted with the following results:

Item	Fine			Costs
	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

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COURSES ATTENDED BY HEALTH DEPARTMENT STAFF

Officers	Course and Numbers Attending	Duration

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Officers	Course and Numbers Attending	Duration

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Officers	Course and Numbers Attending	Duration

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TABLE 1 GENERAL STATISTICS

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TABLE 2 VITAL STATISTICS 1969

LIVE BIRTHS	Males	Females	Total	EARLY NEO-NATAL DEATHS
LIVE BIRTHS	Males	Females	Total	(deaths under the age of 1 week)	Males	males	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 week and under 4 weeks	Total under 4 weeks	4 weeks and under 12 months	Total deaths under l yr.

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TABLE 4 CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH

CAUSE OF DEATH	4 weeks							AGE IN YEARS
CAUSE OF DEATH	Sex	Total All Ages	Under 4 weeks	and unde 1 year	r 1-4	5-14	15-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75and over

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TABLE 5 ROAD ACCIDENTS

	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	July	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Total 1969	Total 1968

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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

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 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	Anle-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 10 CARE OF MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN Child Health Clinics

Number of Clinics	Number of Sessions	Number of children who attended			Total number of children who attended	Total number of attendances

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TABLE 11 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 12 MIDWIFERY Midwives who Notified their intention to Practise within the Borough during 1969

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

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TABLE 13 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 14 HEALTH VISITING Visits to Homes by Health Visitors

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

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TABLE 15 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 16 VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION Immunisation against Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Tetanus, Poliomyelitis and Measles Persons aged under 16 years (a) Completed Primary Courses

Type of Vaccine	Year of Birth					Others under age 16	Total
Type of Vaccine	1969	1968	1967	1966	1962/65	Others under age 16	Total

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(b) Reinforcing Doses

Type of Vaccine	Year of Birth					Others under age 16	Total
Type of Vaccine	1969	1968	1967	1966	1962/65	Others under age 16	Total

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TABLE 17 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 18 VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION Completed Primary Courses of Immunisation by end of 1969 of Children born in 1967

Number of Children in Enfield born in 1967: 4,137
Immunisation Against	No. of Children Immunised (Enfield)	Acceptance Rate per cent
		Enfield	England & Wales (1968)

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TABLE 19 PROPHYLAXIS, CARE AND AFTER-CARE Tuberculosis Statistics of Chest Clinic

Men		Respiratory			Total		Men	Non-Respiratory				Total
Men		Women	Children		Total		Men	Women		Children		Total

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TABLE 20 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 21 PROPHYLAXIS, CARE AND AFTER-CARE Venereal Diseases

	Number of New Cases
Hospital	Syphilis	Gonorrhoea	Other Conditions	Totals

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TABLE 22 SMOKERS CLINIC, 1968 Information obtained in 1969 concerning smoking habits of persons one year after attending clinic.

		Attended 5 Sessions				Attended 3-4 Sessions					Attended 1-2 Sessions
		Replies to Questionnaire					Replies to Questionnaire					Replies to Questionnaire
Dates	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 23 MENTAL HEALTH Patients under Local Health Authority Care at 31st December, 1969

	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 24 MENTAL HEALTH Patients referred to Health Department during year ended 31st December, 1969

Referred by	Mentally 111					Subnormal and Severely Subnormal
	Under age 16 yrs.		Aged 16 yrs. and over		Total	Under age 16 yrs.		Aged 16 yrs. and over		Total

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TABLE 25 MENTAL HEALTH Work of Mental Welfare Officers

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TABLE 26 DOMESTIC HELP Number of Cases in which Domestic Help was Provided during 1969

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 27 DEVELOPMENT PLAN

Year	Section	Premises	No. of places or Pop. served	Address

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TABLE 28 CERTIFICATION OF BLINDNESS AND PARTIAL SIGHT Follow-up of Registered Blind and Partially Sighted Persons in 1969

	Causes of Disability
	Cataract	Glaucoma	Retrolental Fibroplasia	Myopia	Other

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TABLE 29 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	Hoe Lane Well Derived	Hadley Road Well Derived	Waltham Abbey Well Derived

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TABLE 30 WATER SUPPLY Metropolitan Water Board Average Bacteriological Results

	Results before Treatment
	Thames Derived North of River	New River Derived	Hoe Lane Well Derived	Hadley Road Well Derived	Wallham Abbey Well Derived

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TABLE 31 WATER SUPPLY Lee Valley Water Company Representative Sample

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TABLE 32 CLEAN AIR

(a) Areas in Operation	No. of Premises (At date of declaration)	Acreage
Area	No. of Premises (At date of declaration)	Acreage

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TABLE 33 FOOD AND DRUGS Samples Submitted to Public Analyst

Sample	Total Number Procured	Number Unsatisfactory

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TABLE 34 FOOD AND DRUGS Bacteriological Examination of Ice Cream Methylene Blue Test

Vendor	Type of Ice Cream	Results
Vendor	Type of Ice Cream	Grade 1	Grade 2	Grade 3	Grade 4

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TABLE 35 FOOD AND DRUGS Bacteriological Examination of Milk 1. Methylene Blue Test (for keeping quality)

Designation	Number of Samples	Results
Designation	Number of Samples	Satisfactory	Void	Unsatisfactory

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TABLE 36 HOUSING Inspections and Defects

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TABLE 37 HOUSING Housing Defects Remedied

Nature of Defect	Action Taken	Number

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TABLE 38 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 39 FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS Inspections for Purposes of Provisions as to Health

Premises	Number on Register	Inspections	Number of written Notices	Occupiers Prosecuted

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TABLE 40 FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS Cases in which Defects were found

Particulars	Number of cases in which defects were found				Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted
	Found	Remedied	Referred
	Found	Remedied	To H.M. Inspector	By H.M. Inspector

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TABLE 41 INSPECTIONS AND COMPLAINTS Inspections, Interviews and Visits of the Public Health Inspectorate

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TABLE 42 INSPECTIONS AND COMPLAINTS Summary of Complaints and Requests for Visits

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TABLE 43 MEDICAL INSPECTION Routine Medical Inspection

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TABLE 44 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 45 MEDICAL INSPECTION Defects found at Special Inspections (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 47 HEARING TESTS BY AUDIOMETER

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

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TABLE 48 INSPECTIONS FOR CLEANLINESS Infestation with Vermin

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TABLE 49 MEDICAL TREATMENT Defects treated at Minor Ailments Clinics Department of Education and Science) (Classified in accordance with the requirements of the

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TABLE 50 EAR, NOSE AND THROAT CLINICS

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TABLE 51 OPHTHALMIC CLINICS

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TABLE 52 ORTHOPTIC CLINICS

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TABLE 53 ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC

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TABLE 54 SPEECH THERAPY Clinics and Special Schools

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TABLE 55 CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC

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TABLE 56 DENTAL SERVICE Dental Inspection and Treatment

	5-9 years	10-14 years	15 years and over	Total

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TABLE 57 HANDICAPPED CHILDREN Children in Special Schools

Category	Day	Residential

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Radiography Unit 6A for the information made available in regard to the outcome of the further investigations from the 1968 and 1969 surveys, as follows:

The number of food complaints received was 113. Following investigation, warning letters were sent in the majority of incidents but in twenty-seven cases legal proceedings were instituted with the following results:

COURSES ATTENDED BY HEALTH DEPARTMENT STAFF

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TABLE 1 GENERAL STATISTICS

TABLE 2 VITAL STATISTICS 1969

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

TABLE 4 CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH

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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

TABLE 9 CARE OF MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN Ante-natal and Post-natal Clinics: Relaxation and Mothercraft Classes

TABLE 10 CARE OF MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN Child Health Clinics

TABLE 11 CARE OF MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN Dental Care

TABLE 12 MIDWIFERY Midwives who Notified their intention to Practise within the Borough during 1969

TABLE 13 MIDWIFERY Care of Premature Infants

TABLE 14 HEALTH VISITING Visits to Homes by Health Visitors

TABLE 15 HOME NURSING Work Undertaken by the Home Nurses

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

(b) Reinforcing Doses

TABLE 17 VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION Smallpox Vaccination Persons aged under 16 years

TABLE 18 VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION Completed Primary Courses of Immunisation by end of 1969 of Children born in 1967

TABLE 19 PROPHYLAXIS, CARE AND AFTER-CARE Tuberculosis Statistics of Chest Clinic

TABLE 20 CHIROPODY SERVICE (a) Attendances at Clinics

TABLE 21 PROPHYLAXIS, CARE AND AFTER-CARE Venereal Diseases

TABLE 22 SMOKERS CLINIC, 1968 Information obtained in 1969 concerning smoking habits of persons one year after attending clinic.

TABLE 23 MENTAL HEALTH Patients under Local Health Authority Care at 31st December, 1969

TABLE 24 MENTAL HEALTH Patients referred to Health Department during year ended 31st December, 1969

TABLE 25 MENTAL HEALTH Work of Mental Welfare Officers

TABLE 26 DOMESTIC HELP Number of Cases in which Domestic Help was Provided during 1969

TABLE 27 DEVELOPMENT PLAN

TABLE 28 CERTIFICATION OF BLINDNESS AND PARTIAL SIGHT Follow-up of Registered Blind and Partially Sighted Persons in 1969

TABLE 29 WATER SUPPLY Metropolitan Water Board Chemical and Mineral Analysis

TABLE 30 WATER SUPPLY Metropolitan Water Board Average Bacteriological Results

TABLE 31 WATER SUPPLY Lee Valley Water Company Representative Sample

TABLE 32 CLEAN AIR

TABLE 33 FOOD AND DRUGS Samples Submitted to Public Analyst

TABLE 34 FOOD AND DRUGS Bacteriological Examination of Ice Cream Methylene Blue Test

TABLE 35 FOOD AND DRUGS Bacteriological Examination of Milk 1. Methylene Blue Test (for keeping quality)

TABLE 36 HOUSING Inspections and Defects

TABLE 37 HOUSING Housing Defects Remedied

TABLE 38 SHOPS AND OFFICES Visits Under Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act, 1963

TABLE 39 FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS Inspections for Purposes of Provisions as to Health

TABLE 40 FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS Cases in which Defects were found

TABLE 41 INSPECTIONS AND COMPLAINTS Inspections, Interviews and Visits of the Public Health Inspectorate

TABLE 42 INSPECTIONS AND COMPLAINTS Summary of Complaints and Requests for Visits

TABLE 43 MEDICAL INSPECTION Routine Medical Inspection

TABLE 44 MEDICAL INSPECTION Defects found at Periodic Inspection (Classified in accordance with the requirements of the Department of Education and Science)

TABLE 45 MEDICAL INSPECTION Defects found at Special Inspections (Classified in accordance with the requirements of the Department of Education and Science)

TABLE 47 HEARING TESTS BY AUDIOMETER

TABLE 48 INSPECTIONS FOR CLEANLINESS Infestation with Vermin

TABLE 49 MEDICAL TREATMENT Defects treated at Minor Ailments Clinics Department of Education and Science) (Classified in accordance with the requirements of the

TABLE 50 EAR, NOSE AND THROAT CLINICS

TABLE 51 OPHTHALMIC CLINICS

TABLE 52 ORTHOPTIC CLINICS

TABLE 53 ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC

TABLE 54 SPEECH THERAPY Clinics and Special Schools

TABLE 55 CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC

TABLE 56 DENTAL SERVICE Dental Inspection and Treatment

TABLE 57 HANDICAPPED CHILDREN Children in Special Schools

TABLE 58 VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION B.C.G. Vaccination Scheme