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Enfield 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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I.—GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area (acres) 12,602
Population (1921) 60,743
Number of inhabited houses 12,066
Rateable value £329,498
Sum represented by a penny rate £1,116 17s. 8d.

Table: II.—EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THEYEAR.

II.—EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE

YEAR.

Births:—Males.Females.Total.
Legitimate6115521,163
Illegitimate231235

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Birth-rate=19.72 per 1,000.
Deaths 317 278 595
Death-rate=Recorded, 9.79 ; Standardised, 10.13.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth:—
From Sepsis Nil.
From other causes 2
Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 births:—66.77 .
Legitimate, 70; illegitimate, 10; total, 80.
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 1
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 2
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under two years of age) 14
The following table shows the causes of death at all ages during
1921, and Table II. gives an analysis of the causes of death in
infants under one year of age:—