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Enfield 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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BIRTHS.
The actual number of births registered in the District was as
follows :—
Boys. Girls. Total.
526 544 1,070
including 27 illegitimate births, i.e., 2.52 per cent, of the total.
In addition, 14 male and 8 female stillbirths were registered.

Table: 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:—

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.
19345715551,12615.08.44
19356286391,26716.46.51
19367096941,40317.12.50
19378097581,56717.97.50
19388928951,78719.43.64

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INFANTILE DEATHS.
The total number of deaths which occurred amongst infants
under one year, including 53 registered outside the District, was
88, giving a death-rate of 50.69 per 1,000 births, as compared with a
death-rate of 53.00 for England and Wales, and 57.00 for the 126
County Boroughs and Great Towns (including London).
The corresponding figures for Enfield for the last four years
were: 1934,43.27; 1935, 50.00; 1936, 62.77; and 1937,43.99.
It will be noticed that there were 21 more deaths of children
under one year of age this year than last.
This increase is accounted for by the fact that there were
9 more deaths from Enteritis than last year, 5 more from Atelectasis,
1 more from Congenital Malformation, 1 more from Premature Birth,
5 more from Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus, and 5 more from
other causes.
The number of deaths of illegitimate children was 14, which
gives a death-rate of 241.37 per 1,000 illegitimate infants.