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Enfield 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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including 16 illegitimate births, i.e., 1.92 per cent. of the total.
In addition, 12 male and 14 female still-births were registered.
The corrected birth-rates for both sexes, live and still-births, which takes into consideration those born outside the District and those in the District not rightly recorded to the District, and also the corrected birth-rates for the last 5 years, are:—
| Year. | Boys. | Girls. | Total. | Birth-rate per 1,000 Population. | Illegitimate Birth-rate per 1,000 Population. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | 537 | 541 | 1,078 | 16.45 | .53 |
| 1931 | 550 | 483 | 1,033 | 15.12 | .64 |
| 1932 | 571 | 527 | 1,098 | 15.69 | .62 |
| 1933 | 537 | 520 | 1,057 | 14.72 | .50 |
| 1934 | 571 | 555 | 1,126 | 15.08 | .44 |
INFANTILE DEATHS.
The total number of deaths which occurred amongst infants
under one year, including 24 registered outside the District, and
deducting 3 of non-residents occurring in the District, was 47,
giving a death-rate of 43.27 per 1,000 births, as compared with a
death-rate of 59.00 for England and Wales, and 63.00 for the 121
County Boroughs and Great Towns (including London). The
corresponding figures for Enfield for the last four years were: 1930,
51.21; 1931, 53.50; 1932, 60.11; and 1933, 50.38.
The causes of death remain much the same as last year, Pneumonia
accounting for 8 deaths, Enteritis for 1, Congenital Malformations,
Premature Birth, Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus, etc.,
accounting for 29.
The number of deaths of illegitimate children was 3, which
gives a death-rate of 103.44 per 1,000 illegitimate infants.
This is the lowest infantile death rate that Enfield has been
able to record since 1888 when Annual Reports were first published.
The mildness of the Winter may be partly responsible for this,
but on the other hand it must be remembered that in past years a