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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Enfield 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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The net death-rate for the District is 8.48 per 1,000 population
Two-hundred-and-seventy-four deaths registered in the District
were persons over 80 years of age, 98 being males and 176 females.
one man dying at the advanced age of 96, one woman at the same
age, and one other woman at the age of 100.
The following tables give the causes of deaths at all ages and
of children under the age of I year:—
TABLE I.
Causes of Death during Year 1948.
| Causes of Death. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Typhoid and Para-Typhoid Fevers. | - | - | - |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | — | 1 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | — | 1 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | — | 1 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | - |
| Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 25 | 15 | 40 |
| Other Forms of Tuberculosis | 2 | — | 2 |
| Syphilitic diseases | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Influenza | 1 | — | 1 |
| Measles | — | — | — |
| Ac. Polio-myel: & polio-enceph. | — | — | |
| Ac. Inf. Enceph. | — | 1 | 1 |
| Cancer of buc: cav. & cesoph. (M), uterus (F) | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Cancer of stomach & duodenum | 18 | 12 | 30 |
| Cancer of breast | — | 20 | 20 |
| Cancer of all other sites | 75 | 45 | 120 |
| Diabetes | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Intracranial vascular lesions | 31 | 72 | 103 |
| Heart disease | 119 | 128 | 247 |
| Other diseases of Circulatory System | 20 | 16 | 36 |
| Bronchitis | 29 | 16 | 45 |
| Pneumonia | 20 | 20 | 40 |
| Other Respiratory Diseases | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 8 | I | 9 |
| Diarrhoea under 2 years | 6 | — | 6 |
| Appendicitis | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Other Digestive Diseases | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| Nephritis | 11 | 10 | 21 |
| Puer. & Post-abort. Sepsis | — | — | — |
| Other Maternal Causes | — | 1 | 1 |
| Premature Birth | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Con. mal; birth inj: infant dis. | 16 | 15 | 31 |
| Suicide | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Road traffic accidents | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| Other violent causes | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| All other causes | 44 | 47 | 91 |
| Total. | 477 | 467 | 944 |