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The corresponding figures for Enfield for the four previous
years are :—
1921 1922 1923 1924
Net death-rate ... 9.72 10.03 8.73 9.39
Sixty-eight deaths registered in the District were persons
over 80 years of age, 22 being males and 46 females, one woman
living to the advanced age of 95.
The more important causes of deaths registered were:—
Malignant Disease, 77 ; Bronchitis, 52 ; Heart Disease, 94; Old
Age, 55 ; Tuberculosis of Respiratory System, 59 ; Pneumonia, 37 ;
Apoplexy, 35 ; Diphtheria, 17; whilst among the children, Premature
Births accounted for 14; Inanition and Marasmus, 7;
Pneumonia, 10; Enteritis, 8.
INQUESTS.
Thirty-nine inquests were held in Enfield during the year,
and the verdicts were as follows :—
Natural Causes ... ... 18
Misadventure ... ... 1
Accidental Causes 7
Open Verdict 1
Suicides 12
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INFANTILE DEATHS.
The total number of deaths which occurred amongst infants
under 1 year, including 12 registered outside the District, was 54,
giving a death rate of of 51.66 per 1,000 births, as compared with a
death-rate of 75 for England and Wales, and 79 for the 105 great
towns, including London. The corresponding figures for Enfield
for the last four years were 1921, 66.77 ; 1922, 63.34 ; 1923 ;
54.62 ; and 1924, 44.22.