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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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The following table gives the birth-rate, recorded death-rate and infantile death-rate for Enfield as compared with those for England and Wales, London, 118 County Boroughs and great towns (including London) and 132 smaller towns:—
| Birth-rate. | Recorded Death-rate. | Infantile Death-rate. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births. | Still Births. | |||
| England and Wales | 14.4 | 0.62 | 12.3 | 64.00 |
| London | 13.2 | 0.45 | 12.2 | 59.00 |
| 118 County Boroughs and Great Towns (including London) | 14.4 | 0.67 | 12.2 | 67.00 |
| 132 Smaller Towns | 14.5 | 0.63 | 11.0 | 56.00 |
| 14.99 | 0.34 | 9.83 | 50.38 | |
DEATHS.
The deaths registered in the district during the year were 457,
of which 210 were males and 247 females, giving a crude deathrate
of 6.36. To these must be added 317 deaths of Enfield residents
registered outside the District, and from this total must be
subtracted 68 deaths of non-residents occurring in the District,
which brings the number of deaths to 706 for the year, giving a net
death-rate of 9.83 per 1,000 population.
The corresponding figures for Enfield for the five previous
years are —
1928 1929 1930 1931 1932
Net death-rate 9.92 10.56 9.63 10.40 10.64
Eighty-nine deaths registered in the District were persons
over 80 years of age, 29 being males and 60 females, three women
dying at the age of 94.
The more important causes of deaths registered were
Malignant Disease, 85; Bronchitis, 26; Heart Disease, 169; Old
Age, 11; Tuberculosis of Respiratory System, 36; Pneumonia, 61;
Other Respiratory Diseases, 4; other Circulatory Diseases, 36;
Nephritis, 19; Cerebral Haemorrhage, 37; Deaths from Violence
(excluding suicides), 28; Influenza, 22; whilst among the children,
Premature Births accounted for 12; Inanition and Marasmus, 10;
Congenital Malformations, 3; Pneumonia, 10; and Enteritis 6.
It is to be noted that of the 706 deaths that occurred during
the year, 317 took place outside the District of Enfield; most of