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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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TABLE II.
Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.
| Causes of Death. | Under 1 week. | 1 to 2 weeks. | 2 to 3 weeks. | 3 to 4 weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | 4 weeks and under 3 months. | 3 months and under 6 months. | 6 months and under 9 months. | 9 months and under 12 months. | Total Deaths under One Year of Age. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes—Certified | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 4 | — | — | 34 |
| Uncertified | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Atelectasis | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Bronchitis and Pneumonia | — | 3 | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | — | — | 10 |
| Congenital Malformations | 6 | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| Prematurity | 13 | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | 13 |
| Cerebral haemorrhage | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Cardiac failure | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Totals | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 4 | — | — | 34 |
Births in the year:—Legitimate: Live births, 1,556; Stillbirths,
16. Illegitimate: Live births, 62; Still-births, 1.
Deaths in the year:—Legitimate Infants, 32; Illegitimate, 2.
Of the 34 infants who died before reaching the age of 1 year,
28 died within the first 4 weeks of life, and of this number, 23
occurred in infants under 1 week.
The infant mortality rate for the Borough is 21.01.
INQUESTS
Thirty six inquests and two hundred and six post mortem
examinations without inquests were held during the year.
Of these 206 deaths were due to natural causes, 20 to accidental
causes, 12 to suicide, 3 to misadventure and in one case the verdict
was "industrial disease—pneumonokoniosis due to exposure to
talc."