Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
We record our appreciation of the invaluable service made available throughout the year by the Director, Dr. Thorn, and his staff.
Area: (In acres) | 20,061 | |||
Population: (Registrar General's mid-1972 estimate) | 265,910 | |||
Number of structurally separate dwellings, including flats | 93,163 | |||
Rateable value (at 31st December 1972) | £19,535,237 | |||
Product of a new penny rate: (1972/73 revised estimate) | £192,000 | |||
Males | Females | Total | ||
LIVE BIRTHS | Legitimate | 1,758 | 1,562 | 3,320 |
Illegitimate | 118 | 121 | 239 | |
1,876 | 1,683 | 3,559 | ||
Rate per 1,000 population Enfield (crude) | 13.4 | |||
Enfield (standardised!. | 13.7 | |||
England and Wales | 14.8 | |||
Enfield illegitimate live births per cent of total live births | 7.0 | |||
England and Wales illegitimate live births per cent of total live births | 9.0 | |||
STILLBIRTHS | Legitimate | 14 | 16 | 30 |
Illegitimate | - | 1 | 1 | |
14 | 17 | 31 | ||
Rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths: Enfield | 9.0 | |||
England and Wales | 12.0 | |||
INFANT DEATHS (deaths under the age of 1 year): | Legitimate | 23 | 23 | 46 |
Illegitimate | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
27 | 27 | 54 | ||
Rate per 1,000 live births: Enfield: Legitimate | 14.0 | |||
Enfield: Illegitimate | 33.0 | |||
Enfield: Combined | 15.0 | |||
England and Wales: Combined | 17.0 | |||
NEO-NATAL DEATHS (deaths under the age of 4 weeks): | ||||
Legitimate | 15 | 20 | 35 | |
Illegitimate | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
18 | 24 | 42 | ||
Rate per 1.000 live births: | ||||
Enfield | 12.0 | |||
England and Wales | 12.0 | |||
EARLY NEO-NATAL DEATHS (deaths under the age of 1 week): | ||||
Legitimate | 10 | 17 | 27 | |
Illegitimate | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
13 | 21 | 34 |