Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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1901 89.3
1902 127.1
1903 113.4
1904 158.3
1905 117.17
1906 105.7
1907 116.6
1908 90.14 Average
1909 111.42 >101.76
1910 83.15
1911 140.79
1912 76.30
1913 87.15
1914 80.75
1915 86.85
1916 57.83
1917 88.10
1918 66.94
1919 56.35
1920 45.39
1921 66.77
1922 63.34
1923 54.62
1924 44.22
1925 51.66 Average
1926 65.60 55.94
1927 59.89
1928 58.53
1929 59.21
1930 51.21
1931 53.50
1932 60.11
1933 50.38
1934 43.27
It will be noted that since 1916, when the Infantile Mortality
rate was 57.83, there has been a persistent drop, and the figure has
remained since then between 50 and 67, with only one exception.
It was in 1916 that the Council appointed its first Health
Visitor and opened its first Maternity and Child Welfare Clinic ;
therefore, 1916 marks the beginning of Maternity and Child Welfare
in Enfield.
Since that date the services have been increased in every