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Enfield 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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DEATHS.
The deaths registered in the District during the year were 438,
of which 223 were males and 215 females, giving a crude death-rate
of 5.68. To this must be added 365 deaths of Enfield residents
registered outside the District, and from this total must be subtracted
48 deaths of non-residents, occurring in the District, which
brings the number of deaths to 755 for the year, giving a net deathrate
of 9.55 per 1,000 population.
The corresponding figures for Enfield for the five previous
years are :—
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934
Net death-rate 9.63 10.40 10.64 9.83 9.64
Eighty-six deaths registered in the District were persons over
80 years of age, 38 being males and 48 females, one woman dying
at the aee of 98.
The more important causes of deaths registered during the year and the previous four years were:—
| Cause of Death. | 1935 | 1934 | 1933 | 1932 | 1931 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malignant Disease | 118 | 103 | 85 | 90 | 91 |
| Bronchitis | 27 | 36 | 26 | 30 | 19 |
| Heart Disease | 164 | 176 | 169 | 180 | 160 |
| Old Age | 20 | 13 | 11 | 25 | 24 |
| Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 46 | 52 | 36 | 40 | 39 |
| Pneumonia | 64 | 52 | 61 | 54 | 57 |
| Other Digestive Diseases | 21 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 14 |
| Other Circulatory Diseases | 59 | 44 | 36 | 43 | 44 |
| Nephritis | 13 | 10 | 19 | 25 | 22 |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage | 40 | 29 | 37 | 39 | 35 |
| Deaths from Violence (excluding Suicides) | 30 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 22 |
| Influenza | 11 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 20 |
| Children :— | |||||
| Premature Birth | 22 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Inanition and Marasmus | 5 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 6 |
| Congenital Malformations | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 |
| Pneumonia | 12 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 6 |
| Injury at Birth | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Enteritis | 10 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
It is to be noted that of the 755 deaths that occurred during
the year, 365 took place outside the District of Enfield.
Of these, 256 were Enfield residents who died in the North
Middlesex Hospital, Edmonton, and information as to these deaths
and the causes thereof is supplied to me regularly each week by the
courtesy of the Medical Officer of Health of the Urban District
Council of Edmonton.