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Enfield 1966

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS RELATING TO
THE LONDON BOROUGH OF ENFIELD
Area (acres) 20,061
Population (Registrar General's Mid-1966 Estimate) 267,660
Number of structurally separate dwellings, including flats 87,934
Number of dwellings constructed during the year 912
Rateable value £17,798,367
Product of a 1d. rate £73,500
LIVE BIRTHS
Number 4,241
Rate per 1,000 population (crude) 15.8
Rate per 1,000 population (standardised) 16.5
(E & W) 17.7
Illegitimate live births per cent, of total live births 6.0
STILLBIRTHS
Number 52
Rate per 1,000 total live births and stillbirths 12.1
(E & W) 15.4
Total live and stillbirths 4,293
INFANT MORTALITY
Infant deaths (deaths under the age of 1 year) 66
Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births 15.6
(E & W) 19.0
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births 14.8
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate live births 27.6
Neo-natal mortality rate (deaths under age of 4 weeks per
1,000 total live births) 11.6
(E & W) 12.9
Early neo-natal mortality rate (deaths under the age of 1 week
per 1,000 total live births) 11.1
(E & W) 11.1
Peri-natal mortality rate (stillbirths and deaths under the age
of 1 week combined per 1,000 total live and stillbirths) 23.1
(E & W) 26.3
MATERNAL MORTALITY (including abortion)
Number of deaths 1
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths 0.2
(E & W) 0.3
DEATHS
Number of deaths from all causes 3,027
Death rate per 1,000 home population (crude) 11.3
Death rate per 1,000 home population (standardised) 10.7
(E & W) 11.7
Deaths from cancer (all forms) 683
Death rate from cancer (all forms) per 1,000 population 2.6
(E & W) 2.3
Note: (E & W) = England and Wales
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