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INQUESTS.
Twenty-seven inquests were held in Enfield during the year,
and the verdicts given were as follows:—
Natural Causes 10
Misadventure 4
Accidental Causes 6
Open Verdict 5
Suicides 2
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INFANTILE DEATHS.
The total number of deaths that occurred amongst infants
under 1 year, including 15 registered outside the District, was 62,
giving a death-rate of 54.62 per 1,000 births, as compared with a
death-rate of 69 for England and Wales, and 72 for the 105 great
towns, including London. The corresponding figures for Enfield
for the last three years were:—1920, 45.39; 1921, 66.77; and 1922,
63.34.
The number of deaths of illegitimate children was 6, which
gives a death-rate of 142.85 per 1,000 illegitimate infants.
The chief causes of death were Premature Birth (including
Congenital Defects), 35; and Enteritis, 9.
I.—GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area (acres) 12,602
Population (1923) 62,380
Number of inhabited houses (1921) 12,066
Number of families or separate occupiers
(1921) 13,712
Rateable value £346,458
Sum represented by a penny rate £1,126