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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 1961
[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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| — | — | - | - | — | — | — | - | — | — | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | |||
| — | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| - | - | - | - | — | - | — | ||||
| 1 | - | - | _ | 1 | - | — | ||||
| 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| i | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Births in the year:—Legitimate: Live births, 1,483; Stillbirths,
23. Illegitimate: Live births, 78; Still-births, 1.
Deaths in the year:—Legitimate Infants, 31; Illegitimate, 2.
Of the 33 infants who died before reaching the age of 1 year,
27 died within the first 4 weeks of life, and of this number, 25
occurred in infants under 1 week.
The infant mortality rate for the Borough is 21.14.
INQUESTS
Thirty-six inquests and two hundred and twenty-two post
mortem examinations without inquests were held during the year.
Of these, two hundred and twenty-five deaths were due to
natural causes, 25 to accidental causes and 8 to suicide.