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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
of all child pedestrian casualties were injured whilst crossing the road
masked by a stationary vehicle. Of the 328 child casualties, 46 were under
five years of age, 181 were aged between five and eleven years and 101
were aged between eleven and fifteen years. The casualty rate of the over
60-year old fell from 230 in 1969 to 200 in 1970, a reduction of 13% but
ten of the 21 fatal casualties during the year were of this age range.
Since 1965 when the London Borough of Enfield came into being, there have
been the following number of casualties on the roads of our Borough:—
1965 — 2,387
1966 — 2,206
1967 — 1,986
1968 — 1,968
1969 — 1,977
1970 — 2,055
TOTAL — 12,579
This total represents one casualty for every 43 yards of roadway that we
have in the Borough. If all of these injured persons were laid head to toe
in a straight line it would stretch from Tottenham to Waltham Cross and
from Chingford to Cockfosters, forming a cross the length and breadth of
our Borough, a distance of more than thirteen miles."
■ Prevalence and Control of Infectious Disease
Part v
Public Health Act 1936
Sections 47-49
Health Services and
Public Health*1 Act 1968
Provisions relating to the notification of infectious disease and food poison-
ing by medical practitioners to the Medical Officer of Health are found in
Part V of the Public Health Act 1936, Sections 47 to 49 of the Health Services
and Public Health Act 1968, and the Public Health (Infectious Diseases)
Regulations 1968.
Two thousand, one hundred notifications were received, and of these 876
(42%) were school children. In addition, head teachers reported 370 cases
of suspected infectious disease.
Measles
Just over 79% of the notifications were for measles : 1,660 cases, showing
a slight increase on last year's figure of 1,536 cases.
Tuberculosis
Forty-three cases of respiratory tuberculosis were reported, and fifteen cases
of tuberculosis of other organs including genito-urinary tract, lymph glands
and uterus were notified. There were four deaths from the disease. These
figures are similar to those for previous years.
Food poisoning
Thirty-four cases of food poisoning were notified, a substantial increase on
last year's figure. The causative organism was Salmonella typhimurium in
five cases; other Salmonella organisms accounting for 23 of the remaining
cases. All the notifications, with the exception of two family out-breaks,
were of sporadic cases.
infective Jaundice
Forty-seven cases of infective jaundice were notified and contact with a
known case was established in three instances; thirteen of the remaining
cases were known to have eaten shell-fish.
Typhoid fever
Two cases of typhoid fever were notified. One case was the son of a known
carrier, who has since undergone hospital treatment and has responded
successfully. The other case was a woman who had recently returned from
holiday in Turkey.
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