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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Enfield 1912

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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Table: The following table assigns the number of infantile deaths to each wards, and also gives the Infantile Deaths-rate per thousand population, and per thousand births:-

The following table assigns the number of infantile deaths to each wards, and also gives the Infantile Deaths-rate per thousand population, and per thousand births:-

Ward.Number of Deaths.Death rate per 1000 population.Death.rate per 1000 births.
Town10.1412.19
Chase191.5461.48
Ordnance362.66113.92
Green Street & Ponders End312.580.93
Bush Hill Park201.7774.07
Hadley and Cockfosters00.000.00
1071.8176.30

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The chief causes of death were Premature Birth (including
congenital defects), 51 ; Diarrhoea, 10; Respiratory Diseases, 14;
Whooping Cough, 6 ; and Measles, 3.
The accompanying Diagram shews the relative proportions of
these deaths in graphic form :—