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Enfield 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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death-rate of 64.00 for England and Wales, and 67.00 for the 118
County Boroughs and Great Towns (including London). The corresponding
figures for Enfield for the last four years were: 1929,
59.21; 1930, 51.21; 1931, 53.50; and 1932, 60.11.
The causes of death remain much the same as last year, Pneumonia
accounting for 10 deaths, Enteritis for 6, Congenital Malformations,
Premature Birth, Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus, etc.,
accounting for 29.
The number of deaths of illegitimate children was 5, which
gives a death-rate of 142.85 per 1,000 illegitimate infants.