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Enfield 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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Cancer carried off 116 individuals, and Tuberculosis of the
Respiratory System 40, a combined number of 156.
This compares with a total of 181 for last year, and the percentage
of deaths from these two causes is 18.5, as against 19.8
for 1937.
INQUESTS.

Table: Twenty-three inquests and twenty-seven P.M.s without inquests were held in Enfield during the year, and the verdicts were as follows:—

Twenty-three inquests and twenty-seven P.M.s without inquests were held in Enfield during the year, and the verdicts were as follows:—

Natural Causes29
Accidental Causes9
Suicides10
Open Verdict2

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The above table shows that 10 persons committed suicide
during the year under review. In 1937 there were 9, and in
1936, 9.
The ages and sexes of the 10 people who committed suicide
in Enfield during the year were as follows :—
Males 29, 47, 55, 62, 67 and 76 years.
Females 26, 26, 36 and 38 years.
The causes of death, sex and ages of Enfield residents who
committed suicide in or outside the District were as follows:—
6 Coal Gas Poisoning Males Ages 29, 55 and 67 years.
Females Ages 26, 26 and 38 years.
1 Cut Throat Male Age 62 years.
1 Hanging Male Age 39 years.
1 Run over by Locomotive
Engine. Female: Age 36 years.
1 Drowned in a River Male Age 47 years.
1 Multiple injuries caused by
being run over by a lorry Male Age 59 years.