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Enfield 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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The net death-rate for the District is 9.40 per 1,000 population.
Two-hundred and eighty three deaths registered in the District
were persons over 80 years of age, 109 being males and 174
females, one man dying at the advanced age of 97, one woman
at the same age, and one other woman at the age of 98.
The following tables give the causes of deaths at all ages and
of children under the age of 1 year:—

TABLE I.

Causes ofDeath during Year 1947.

Causes of Death.Males.Females.Total.
Typhoid and Para-Typhoid Fevers11
Cerebro-spinal Fever112
Scarlet Fever--
Whooping Cough112
Diphtheria
Tuberculosis of Respiratory System24933
Other Forms of Tuberculosis213
Syphilitic diseases639
Influenza6612
Measles11
Ac. Polio-myel: & polio-enceph.213
Ac. Inf. Enceph.11
Cancer of buc: cav. & oeseph (M) uterus (F)6713
Cancer of stomach & duodenum171532
Cancer of breast1818
Cancer of all other sites5846104
Diabetes314
Intracranial vascular lesions3468102
Heart disease154140294
Other diseases of Circulatory System132538
Bronchitis401959
Pneumonia312657
Other Respiratory Diseases6612
Ulcer of stomach or duodenum9211
Diarrhœa under 2 years426
Appendicitis314
Other Digestive Diseases11819
Nephritis13821
Puer. & Post-abort. Sepsis11
Other Maternal Causes33
Premature Birth12517
Con. mal; birth inj: infant dis.151429
Suicide6511
Road traffic accidents527
Other violent causes111021
All other causes343165
Total.5304851,015