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Industrial development has also taken place along the Lea River in the
Southern portion of its course through the district: two large firms and several
smaller ones have commenced operations during the year : the number of
operatives in this part of the district is roughly estimated to be about 4,000.
VITAL STATISTICS.
Births. Total. Male. Female.
Legitimate ... ... ... ... 1,275 652 623
Illegitimate 54 27 27
The population for 1928 is estimated by the Registrar-General as 74,460 ;
non-residents of Edmonton in the North Middlesex Hospital and the M.A.B.
Epileptic Colony, Silver Street, amount to 1,433 ; this gives a net population of
73,027, upon which figure the births and deaths are based.
The birth rate per 1,000 of population is thus 18.2.
Deaths.
Males, 365 ; females, 358 ; total, 723. Death rate per 1,000 population'
9.9.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, child-birth:—
From sepsis 2
From other causes 2
Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 births :—
Legitimate, 69.0 ; illegitimate, 78.4 ; total, 69.4.
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 23
,, „ Whooping Cough (all ages) 3
,, ,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) ... ... 8
Deaths of children under the age of one year numbered 96, 62 males and
34 females ; of these deaths 2 males and 2 females were illegitimate children.
Still Births.
The registration of still births has been compulsory since July, 1927 ;
during 1928 there have been registered 98 still-births, 76 by midwives and
the remainder by doctors.
Any analysis of the death returns from a small district as this would be of
little value, but the following points are of interest:—
In the first place, the number of males and females dying during the year
are nearly equal: generally there is a marked excess in the number of male
deaths, but obviously this cannot happen every year. Secondly, the number
of females dying from heart disease and arterio-sclerosis is in excess of the
number of males dying from the same causes : as both these causes are associated
with senility, it is possible that these two observations are complementary.
Thirdly, the deaths from violence are 50 to 100 per cent, greater than
those occurring in recent and previous years.
Reference to the deaths from typhoid fever is made under infectious
diseases.
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