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Enfield 1968

[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-1968 Estimate) 267,830
Number of structurally separate dwellings, including flats 89,764
Number of dwellings constructed during the year 1,828
Rateable value £18,375,146
Product of a Id. rate £75,000
LIVE BIRTHS
Number 3,966
Rate per 1,000 population (crude) 14.8
Ratio of local adjusted birth rate to national rate 0.91
Rate per 1,000 population (standardised) 15.4
England and Wales 16.9
Illegitimate live births per cent, of total live births 6.6
STILLBIRTHS
Number 51
Rate per 1,000 total live births and stillbirths 12.7
England and Wales 14.0
Total live and stillbirths 4,017
INFANT MORTALITY
Infant deaths (deaths under the age of 1 year) 60
Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births 15.1
England and Wales 18.0
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births 14.3
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate live births 26.8
Neo-natal mortality rate (deaths under age of 4 weeks per
1,000 total live births) 9.6
England and Wales 12.3
Early neo-natal mortality rate (deaths under the age of 1 week
per 1,000 total live births) 8.9
England and Wales 10.5
Peri-natal mortality rate (stillbirths and deaths under the age of
1 week combined per 1,000 total live and stillbirths) 21.4
England and Wales 25.0
MATERNAL MORTALITY (including abortion)
Number of deaths 1
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths 0.2
England and Wales 0.2
DEATHS
Number of deaths from all causes 3,224
Death rate per 1,000 home population (crude) 12.0
Ratio of local adjusted death rate to national rate 0.96
Death rate per 1,000 home population (standardised) 11.4
England and Wales 11.9
Deaths from cancer (all forms) 683
Death rate from cancer (all forms) per 1,000 population 2.6
England and Wales 2.3
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