[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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TABLE 1 General Statistics

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Table 2 Vital Statistics 1970

LIVE BIRTHS	Males	Females	Total	EARLY NEO-NATAL DEATHS (deaths under the age of 1 week):	Males	Females	Total
Legitimate	1,858	1,696	3,554	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 week and under 4 weeks	Total under 4 weeks	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 6 under 1 year	Age in years
CAUSE OF DEATH	Sex	Total All Ages	Under 4 weeks	4 weeks 6 under 1 year	1-4	5-14	15-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75 and over

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Table 4 Causes of, and ages at, death

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Table 5 Road Accidents

	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	July	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Total 1970	Total 1969

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Table 6 Prevalence and Control of Infectious Diseases Notificaton and Deaths

DISEASE	Number notified	Known to be treated in hospital	Attack rate per 1,000 population	Deaths

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Table 7 Prevalence and Control Infectious Diseases 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 Environmental Specimens

Type of Specimen	Number submitted by Local Authority	Findings	Number of Positives

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A total of 611 persons were X-rayed, of whom eight required further investigation. I am indebted to the Organising Secretary of the Unit for the following information in regard to the further investigations:—

Enfield College of Technology	Male	Female	Total

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Table 9 Care of Mothers and Young Children Ante-natal and Post-natal Clinics: Relaxation and Mothercraft Classes

	Antenatal	Postnatal	Relaxation and Mothercraft

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Table 10 Care of Mothers and Young Children Child Health Clinics

No. of sessions	No. of children who attended				Total attendances
	Year of birth			Total
	1970	1969	1965-68	Total

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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 1970

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Table 13 Midwifery Care of Premature Infants

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Table 14 Health Visiting Visits to Homes by Health Visitors

	* Number of Visits
	First Visits	Total Visits

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Table 15 Home Nursing Work Undertaken by the Home Nurses

Number of Visits and Treatments	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, Measles, and Rubella Persons aged under 16 years (a) Completed Primary Courses

Type of Vaccine		Year of Birth					Others under age 16	Total
Type of Vaccine		1970	1969	1968	1967	1963/6	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 1970 of Children born in 1968

Number of Children in Enfield born in 1968: 3,966
Immunisation Against	No. of Children Immunised (Enfield)	Acceptance Rate per cent
Immunisation Against	No. of Children Immunised (Enfield)	Enfield	England & Wales

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Table 19 Vaccination and Immunisation B.C.G. Vaccination

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Table 20 Prophylaxis, Care and After-Care Tuberculosis: Statistics of Chest Clinic

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Table 21 Chiropody Service (a) Attendance at Clinics

Category of Patient	New Cases : First attendances	Old Cases: First attendances during the year	Re-attendances	Total attendances for treatment

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Table 22 Prophylaxis, Care and After-Care Venereal Diseases

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

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Table 23 Smokers Clinic, 1969 Replies to Questionnaires

Date	Sex	Attended 5 Sessions				Attended 3 - 4 Sessions				Attended 1 - 2 Sessions
Date	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 24 Mental Health Patients under Local Health Authority Care at 31st December, 1970

	Mentally III							Mentally Handicapped and Severely Mentally Handicapped
	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	Total

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Table 26 Mental Health Patients referred to Health Department during year ended 31st December, 1970

Referred by	Mentally III					Mentally Handicapped and Severely Mentally Handicapped
Referred by	Under age 16 yrs.		Aged 16 yrs. and over		Total	Under age 16 yrs.		Aged 16 yrs. and over		Total
	M	F	M	F		M	F	M	F

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Table 25 Domestic Help Number of Cases in which Domestic Help was provided during 1970

65 years or over at time of first visit	Aged Under 65 years on First Visit
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	Legislation	Project	No. of Places or Population Served	Address

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Table 28 Certification of Blindness and Partial Sight Follow-up of Registered Blind and Partially Sighted Persons in 1970

	Causes of Disability
	Cataract	Glaucoma	Retrolental Fibroplasia	Myopia	Other

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

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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	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	New River Derived	Hoe Lane Well Derived	Hadley Road Well Derived	Waltham Abbey Well Derived

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Table 31 Water Supply Lee Valley Water Company Representative Sample

Chemical Results Expressed in Milligrams per Litre

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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
		Grade	Grade	Grade	Grade
		1	2	3	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 37 Housing Inspections and Defects

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Table 41 Factories and Workshops Cases in which Defects were found

Particulars	Number of cases in which defects were found				Number of
Particulars	Found	Remedied	Referred to H.M. Inspector	Referred by H.M. Inspector	cases in which prosecutions were Instituted

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Table 42 Inspections and Complaints Inspections, Interviews and Visits of the Public Health Inspectorate

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Table 43 Inspections and Complaints Summary of Complaints and Requests for Visits

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Table 44 Medical Inspection pupils attending maintained primary and sedondary schools (inculding nursery and special schools)

	No. of pupils who have received a full medical examination	Pupils found to require treatment (excluding dental diseases and infestation with vermin)
	No. of pupils who have received a full medical examination	for defective vision (excluding squint)	for any other condition	Total individual pupils

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Table 45 medical inspection defects found at periodic and special inspections (Classified in accordance with the reqirements of the Department of Education and Science)

Defect or Disease	Periodic		Special

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Table 46 Medical inspection Special inspection and re-inspections

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Table 47 Hearing tests by audiometer (a) Routine tests in school.

		1st Test	Both ears	Failures one ear		Total	Of total failures number already known to have hearing loss	Re-Tests
		1st Test	Both ears	right	left	Total	Of total failures number already known to have hearing loss	Re-Tests

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(b) Special tests in clinics.

Age Group		1st Test	Failures one ear				Of total failures number already known to have hearing loss	Re-Tests
Age Group		1st Test	Both ears	right	left	Total	Of total failures number already known to have hearing loss	Re-Tests

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Table 48 Inspections for 126 cleanline ss Infestation with vermin

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Table 49 Medical treatment Defects treated at minor ailments clinics (Classified n accordance with the requirments of the Department of Ecucation and Science

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57 tables in this report

TABLE 1 General Statistics

Table 2 Vital Statistics 1970

Table 3 Infant Mortality Deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year of age

Table 4 Causes of, and ages at, death

Table 4 Causes of, and ages at, death

Table 5 Road Accidents

Table 6 Prevalence and Control of Infectious Diseases Notificaton and Deaths

Table 7 Prevalence and Control Infectious Diseases Tuberculosis

Table 8 Prevalence and Control of Infectious Disease Public Health Laboratory Service Environmental Specimens

A total of 611 persons were X-rayed, of whom eight required further investigation. I am indebted to the Organising Secretary of the Unit for the following information in regard to the further investigations:—

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 1970

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, Measles, and Rubella Persons aged under 16 years (a) Completed Primary Courses

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 1970 of Children born in 1968

Table 19 Vaccination and Immunisation B.C.G. Vaccination

Table 20 Prophylaxis, Care and After-Care Tuberculosis: Statistics of Chest Clinic

Table 21 Chiropody Service (a) Attendance at Clinics

Table 22 Prophylaxis, Care and After-Care Venereal Diseases

Table 23 Smokers Clinic, 1969 Replies to Questionnaires

Table 24 Mental Health Patients under Local Health Authority Care at 31st December, 1970

Table 26 Mental Health Patients referred to Health Department during year ended 31st December, 1970

Table 25 Domestic Help Number of Cases in which Domestic Help was provided during 1970

Table 27 Development Plan

Table 28 Certification of Blindness and Partial Sight Follow-up of Registered Blind and Partially Sighted Persons in 1970

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

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 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 37 Housing Inspections and Defects

Table 41 Factories and Workshops Cases in which Defects were found

Table 42 Inspections and Complaints Inspections, Interviews and Visits of the Public Health Inspectorate

Table 43 Inspections and Complaints Summary of Complaints and Requests for Visits

Table 44 Medical Inspection pupils attending maintained primary and sedondary schools (inculding nursery and special schools)

Table 45 medical inspection defects found at periodic and special inspections (Classified in accordance with the reqirements of the Department of Education and Science)

Table 46 Medical inspection Special inspection and re-inspections

Table 47 Hearing tests by audiometer (a) Routine tests in school.

(b) Special tests in clinics.

Table 48 Inspections for 126 cleanline ss Infestation with vermin

Table 49 Medical treatment Defects treated at minor ailments clinics (Classified n accordance with the requirments of the Department of Ecucation and Science

Table 50 Ear, nose and throat clinecs

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The following whole-time equivalent personnel comprise the establishment of the Health Department: