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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Enfield 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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8
DEATHS.

Table: 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 n-66.

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 n-66.

Birth-rate.Recorded Death-rate.Standardized Death-rate.Infantile Death-rate.
England & Wales21.915.I14.8110.0
London22.616.116.1112.0
96 Great Towns, including London22.815.615.9117.0
ENFIELD21.6411.2711.6686.85

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The corresponding figures for Enfield for the three previous
years are :—
1912. 1913. 1914. 1915.
Recorded death-rate 10.07 9.75 9.98 11.27
Standardized do. 10.40 10.09 10.32 11.66