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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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Number of families or separate occupiers
(1921) 13,712
Rateable value £472,199
Sum represented by a penny rate £2,080
| Births:— | Males. | Females. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births. | |||
| Legitimate | 528 | 488 | 1,011 |
| Illegitimate | 20 | 16 | 36 |
| Still Births. | |||
| Legitimate | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| Illegitimate | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Birth-rat«=16.48 per 1,000 population.
Deaths 360 328 688
Death-rate=10.56 per 1,000 population.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth:—
From Sepsis —
From other causes 3
These three deaths occurred outside the District, two in the
North Middlesex Hospital, and one in Bury House, Bury Street,
Edmonton.
Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 births:—
Legitimate, 58.26; illegitimate, 0.95; total, 59.21.
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 0
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 8
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under two years of age) 11
The following table shows the causes of death at all ages during
1929, and Table II. gives an analysis of the causes of death in
infants under one year of age:—