London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Enfield 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
This page requires JavaScript
13
BIRTHS.
The actual number of births registered in the District was as
follows:—
Boys. Girls. Total.
523 523 1046
including 23 illegitimate births, i.e., 2.19 per cent. of the total.
In addition, 8 male (including illegitimate) and 11 female stillbirths
were registered.
The corrected birth-rates for both sexes, live and still-births, which takes into consideration those born outside the District and those in the District not rightly recorded to the District, and also the corrected birth-rates for the last 5 years, are:—
| Year. | Boys. | Girls. | Total. | Birth-rate per 1,000 Population. | Illegitimate Birth-rate per 1,000 Population. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | 537 | 520 | 1,057 | 14.72 | .50 |
| 1934 | 571 | 555 | 1,126 | 15.08 | .44 |
| 1935 | 628 | 639 | 1,267 | 16.46 | .51 |
| 1936 | 709 | 694 | 1,403 | 17.12 | .50 |
| 1937 | 809 | 758 | 1,567 | 17.97 | .50 |
INFANTILE DEATHS.
The total number of deaths which occurred amongst infants
under one year, including 33 registered outside the District, and
deducting 3 of non-residents occurring in the District, was 67,
giving a death-rate of 43.99 per 1,000 births, as compared with a
death-rate of 58.00 for England and Wales, and 62.00 for the 125
County Boroughs and Great Towns (including London).
The corresponding figures for Enfield for the last four years
were: 1933,50.38; 1934,43.27; 1935,50.00; and 1936, 62.77.
It will be noticed that there were 19 fewer deaths of children
under one year of age this year than last.
The number of deaths of illegitimate children was 4, which
gives a death-rate of 95.21 per 1,000 illegitimate infants.