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

Enfield 1938

[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 521,
of which 244 were males and 277 females, giving a crude death-rate
of 5.66. To this must be added 389 deaths of Enfield residents
registered outside the District, and from this total must be subtracted
68 deaths of non-residents occurring in the District, which
brings the number of deaths to 842 for the year, giving a net deathrate
of 9.15 per 1,000 population.
The corresponding figures for Enfield for the five previous
years are:—
1933 1934 1935 1936 1937
Net death-rate 9.83 9.64 9.81 9.82 10.47
Ninety-seven deaths registered in the District were persons
over 80 years of age, 36 being males and 71 females, two women
dying at the age of 94.

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.	1938	1937	1936	1935	1934
Malignant Disease	116	130	1 33	118	103
Bronchitis	15	28	34	27	36
Heart Disease	232	242	185	164	176
Old Age	19	15	18	20	13
Tuberculosis of Respiratory System	40	51	60	46	52
Pneumonia	67	62	57	64	52
Other Digestive Diseases	23	17	10	21	17
Other Circulatory Diseases	58	51	35	59	44
Nephritis	16	17	15	13	10
Cerebral Haemorrhage	37	44	37	40	29
Deaths from Violence (excluding Suicides)	29	37	34	30	27
Influenza	7	28	6	11	5
Children :—
Premature Birth	11	10	34	22	14
Inanition and Marasmus	10	5	6	5	7
Congenital Malformations	7	6	4	4	4
Pneumonia	19	21	15	12	8
Injury at Birth	3	3	4	3	4
Enteritis	17	8	5	10	1

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