[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton UDC 1897].

  • Edmonton (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1898
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton UDC 1897]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    District 2 includes the Hertford Road from the low level Station to the northern boundary with its bye-roads, including Grosvenor Road, but excluding Bury Street, and Town and Bounces Roads. District 5 comprises Angel Road, Raynham Road and their bye- roads. District 6 consists of Church Street, Bury Street and their bye- roads, and the Edmonton portion of Bush Hill Park. District 9 comprises Brettenham Road, Fairfield Road and their bye-roads. The respective headings sufficiently indicate the limits of the other districts. It will be seen that the chief single cause of death was diarrhoea, 61 deaths of infants under one year having occurred within the district, and one death of an infant under one year belonging to the district, occurred without it ; this, using the basis of calculation employed in estimating the total infantile mortality, would give an infantile mortality of 59*7 per 1,000 from this cause alone. Zymotic Death Rate. The number of Deaths from the principal Zymotic Diseases, in- elusive of Deaths occurring outside the District of persons belonging thereto, is shown in the following table :— Scarlet Fever ... 5 Diphtheria (including Membraneous Croup)... 18 Enteric Fever ... 5 Measles 20 Whooping Cough 9 Diarrhoea 73 Total 130 This, with the estimated population of the district, plus the num¬ ber of persons in the Edmonton Workhouse belonging to the district = 33,966, gives a Zymotic Death Rate of 3-82 per 1,000, a rate equal to that of last year. Inquests. Forty-six inquests were held within the district during the year. 2 were cases of suicide—1 by drowning and 1 by hanging, 14 were cases in which death was caused or accelerated by accidental injuries, and the remaining 40 were deaths due to disease. The remarks made in last year’s report as to the desirability of providing accommodation for these enquiries within easy access of the public means of conveyance still apply.