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Enfield 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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I pointed out in my report for last year that in view of the
natural increase of the population (i.e., the excess of births over
deaths) the facilities offered for transport to and from London, and
the continued increase of factories and horticultural work, both in
our own District and in the neighbouring localities, there will, no
doubt, be a considerable increase in the population in the near
future.
I hope, therefore, that we shall see more activity in the building
trade—as far as houses for the working class portion of the community
are concerned—in the next year or two than we have in the
past.
Enfield is divided into six wards as follows:—
| Ward, | Inhabited Houses | Uninhabited Houses. | Total. | Population. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town | 1,454 | 67 | 1,521 | 7,444 |
| Chase | 2,593 | 59 | 2,652 | 13,276 |
| Ordnance | 2,711 | 63 | 2,774 | 13,880 |
| Green Street and Ponders End | 2,584 | 57 | 2,641 | 13,230 |
| Bush Hill Park | 2,322 | 21 | 2,343 | 11,889 |
| Hadley & Cockfosters | 188 | 14 | 202 | 963 |
| 11,852 | 281 | 12,133 | 60,682 |
VITAL STATISTICS.
The number of births registered was :—
Boys. Girls. Total.
688 637 1,325
including 38 illegitimate births, i.e., 2.8 per cent., of the total births.
This total is 6 less than that of the previous year, and gives a
birth-rate of 2T83 per thousand of the population, which compares
unfavourably with that of England and Wales, which was 23.6 per
thousand. The corresponding rate for London is 24.6.