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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 1965

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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Table: Table 2 VITAL STATISTICS

Table 2 VITAL STATISTICS

LIVE BIRTHSMalesFemalesTotal
Legitimate2,0581,9303,988
Illegitimate138122260
2,1962,0524,248
Rate per 1.000 Population
Enfield (Crude)15.80
Enfield (Standardised)16.43
England and Wales18.0
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births : 6.12%.
STILLBIRTHSMalesFemalesTotal
Legitimate212344
Illegitimate325
242549
TOTAL LIVE AND STILLBIRTHS:2,2202,0774,297
Rate per 1.000 live and still births
Enfield11.4
England and Wales15.7
INFANT DEATHS (deaths under the age of one year)
MalesFemalesTotal
Legitimate373572
Illegitimate325
403777
Rate per 1.000 live births
Enfield: Legitimate18.05
Enfield: Illegitimate19.23
Enfield : Combined18.12
England and Wales: Combined19.0
NEO-NATAL DEATHS (deaths under the age of 4 weeks)
MalesFemalesTotal
Legitimate242751
Illegitimate213
262854
Rate per 1,000 live births
Enfield12.7!
England and Wales13.0