[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield] page 8

Enfield 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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8
DEATHS.
The deaths registered in the District during the year were 568,
of which 271 were males and 297 females, giving a crude death-rate
of 6.51. To this must be added 415 deaths of Enfield residents
registered outside the District, and from this total must be subtracted
70 deaths of non-residents occurring in the District, which
brings the number of deaths to 913 for the year, giving a net deathrate
of 10.47 per 1,000 population.
The corresponding figures for Enfield for the five previous
years are:—
1932 1933 1934 1935 1936
Net death-rate 10.64 9.83 9.64 9.81 9.82
One hundred and thirteen deaths registered in the District
were persons over 80 years of age, 41 being males and 72 females,
one man and one woman dying at the age of 99.

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.	1937	1936	1935	1934	1933
Malignant Disease	130	133	118	103	85
Bronchitis	28	34	27	36	26
Heart Disease	242	185	164	176	169
Old Age	15	18	20	13	11
Tuberculosis of Respiratory System	51	60	46	52	36
Pneumonia	62	57	64	52	61
Other Digestive Diseases	17	10	21	17	13
Other Circulatory Diseases	51	35	59	44	36
Nephritis	17	15	13	10	19
Cerebral Haemorrhage	44	37	40	29	37
Deaths from Violence (excluding Suicides)	37	34	30	27	28
Influenza	28	6	11	5	22
Children:-
Premature Birth	10	34	22	14	12
Inanition and Marasmus	5	6	5	7	10
Congenital Malformations	6	4	4	4	3
Pneumonia	21	15	12	8	10
Injury at Birth	3	4	3	4	2
Enteritis	8	5	10	1	6

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