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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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The corrected birth rates for both sexes, live and still births, which takes into consideration those born outside the Borough and those in the Borough not rightly recorded to the Borough, and also the corrected birth rates for the last five years are :—
| Year. | Boys. | Girls. | Total. | Birth-rate per 1,000 Population. | Illegitimate Birth-rate per 1,000 Population. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
INQUESTS
Forty-eight Inquests and two-hundred-and-twenty-nine Postmortem
examinations without inquests were held during the year.
Of these, 230 deaths were due to natural causes, 25 to accidental
causes, 7 to suicide, 6 to misadventure, 1 to murder, and in 8
cases an open verdict was recorded.
FATAL HOME ACCIDENTS.
During the year there were 14 fatal home accidents to Enfield
residents, one less than the previous year. Another difference to
be noted for the year under review is that 9 deaths occurred in
adults between the ages of 49 years and 83 years, three between
the ages of 3 years and 16 years, and two under 1 year, in comparison
with the previous year when all 15 deaths were between the
ages of 74 and 94 years.
The precipitating cause of death in six of the adults was a fall
leading to fractured bones, followed by lung complications in most
cases. In two adults, death was due to coal gas poisoning and the
other adult died of burns.
One child of 3 years died as a result of a scald and four died
from asphyxia; child aged 2 weeks (in bed with mother); child
aged 2 months (inhalation of vomit) ; child aged 10 years (hanging);
child aged 16 years (in bed).