Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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5
I.—GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area (acres) 12,602
Population (1921) 60,743
Number of inhabited houses 12,066
Rateable value £329,498
Sum represented by a penny rate £1,116 17s. 8d.
Births:— | Males. | Females. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|
Legitimate | 611 | 552 | 1,163 |
Illegitimate | 23 | 12 | 35 |
Birth-rate=19.72 per 1,000.
Deaths 317 278 595
Death-rate=Recorded, 9.79 ; Standardised, 10.13.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth:—
From Sepsis Nil.
From other causes 2
Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 births:—66.77 .
Legitimate, 70; illegitimate, 10; total, 80.
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 1
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 2
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under two years of age) 14
The following table shows the causes of death at all ages during
1921, and Table II. gives an analysis of the causes of death in
infants under one year of age:—