[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield] page 7

Enfield 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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7
DEATHS.
The deaths registered in the District during the year were 507,
of which 269 were males and 238 females, giving a crude death-rate
of 6.18. To this must be added 344 deaths of Enfield residents
registered outside the District, and from this total must be subtracted
46 deaths of non-residents, occurring in the District, which
brings the number of deaths to 805 for the year, giving a net deathrate
of 9.82 per 1,000 population.
The corresponding figures for Enfield for the five previous
years are:—
1931 1932 1933 1934 1935
Net death-rate 10.40 10.64 9.83 9.64 9.81
Eighty-five deaths registered in the District were persons over
80 years of age, 32 being males and 53 females, one man and one
woman dying at the age of 95.

Table: The more important causes of deaths registered during the year and the previous four years were:—

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The more important causes of deaths registered during the year and the previous four years were:—

Cause of Death.	1936.	1935.	1934.	1933.	1932.
Malignant Disease	133	118	103	85	90
Bronchitis	34	27	36	26	30
Heart Disease	185	164	176	169	180
Old Age	18	20	13	11	25
Tuberculosis of Respiratory System	60	46	52	36	40
Pneumonia	57	64	52	61	54
Other Digestive Diseases	10	21	17	13	15
Other Circulatory Diseases	35	59	44	36	43
Nephritis	15	13	10	19	25
Cerebral Haemorrhage	37	40	29	37	39
Deaths from Violence (excluding Suicides	34	30	27	28	28
Influenza	6	11	5	22	14
Children :—
Premature Birth	34	22	14	12	12
Inanition and Marasmus	6	5	7	10	8
Congenital Malformations	4	4	4	3	7
Pneumonia	15	12	8	10	14
Injury at Birth	4	3	4	2	1
Enteritis	5	10	1	6	1

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Table: The more important causes of deaths registered during the year and the previous four years were:—