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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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registered outside the District, and from this total must be subtracted 34 deaths of non-residents occurring in the District, which brings the number of deaths to 545 for the year, giving a net death-rate of 8.73 per 1,000 population.
| Birth-rate. | Recorded Death-rate. | Infantile Death-rate. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 19.7 | 11.6 | 69.00 |
| London | 20.2 | 11.2 | 60.00 |
| 105 Great Towns (incldng. London) | 20.4 | 11.6 | 72.00 |
| 157 Smaller Towns | 19.8 | 10.6 | 69.00 |
| Enfield | 18.19 | 8.73 | 54.62 |
The corresponding figures for Enfield for the three previous
years are:—
1920. 1921. 1922.
Net death.rate 9.57 9.79 10.03
Sixty.one of the deaths registered in the District were those
of persons over 80 years of age, 27 being males and 34 females, one
man dying at the advanced age of 102.
The more important causes of deaths as registered were:—
Old Age, 58; Malignant Disease, 55; Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 50;
Pneumonia, 47; Heart Disease, 45; Apoplexy, 41; Bronchitis, 38;
Deaths from Violence (excluding Suicides), 23; whilst among the
children, Inanition and Marasmus accounted for 20; Premature
Birth, 11; and Enteritis, 9.