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9
DEATHS.
The deaths registered in the District during the year were 493,
of which 244 were males, and 249 females, giving a crude death-rate
of 833. To these must be added 124 deaths of Enfield residents
registered outside the District, and from this total must be subtracted
40 deaths of non-residents occurring in the District, which
brings the nett number of deaths to 577 for the year, giving a
recorded death-rate of 9.75. We have, however, to suppose that
the age and sex constitution of the population of Enfield is identical
with that of England and Wales as enumerated at the census of
1911, for which purpose the recorded death-rate must be multiplied
by a "factor for correction" supplied by the Registrar-General,
viz 1.0348, and this gives a standardized death-rate of 1009.

The previous year gave us a standarized death-rate of 10'39,
and we congratulated ourselves on the fact that it was the lowest
recorded in the District for many years, but tracing our records
so far as they are available I cannot find any as low as this year.
This low rate taken in conjunction with an Infantile deathrate
of 87T5, and a Zymotic death-rate of .52, still further supports
the claim of Enfield to be considered not only a suburban health
resort, but entitles it to rank among the most distinguished in the
kingdom.
The Registrar-General publishes every week the death-rates
of the 96 great towns of the country, and during last year on no
less than four occasions Enfield stood lowest on the list, on two
other occasions second lowest, and for six other weeks was included
mongst the lowest half-dozen.