Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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-1969 Estimate) 265,600
Number of structurally separate dwellings, including flats 90,457
Number of dwellings constructed during the year 1,168
Rateable Value £18,573,975
Product of a 1d. rate £75,500
LIVE BIRTHS
Number 3,890
Rate per 1,000 population (crude) 14.6
Ratio of local adjusted birth rate to national rate 0.93
Rate per 1,000 population (standardised) 15.2
England and Wales 16.3
Illegitimate live births per cent, of total live births 6.6
England and Wales 8.0
STILLBIRTHS
Number 51
Rate per 1,000 total live births and stillbirths 13.0
England and Wales 13.0
Total live and stillbirths 3,941
INFANT MORTALITY
Infant deaths (deaths under the age of 1 year) 65
Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births16.7
England and Wales 18.0
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births 16.8
England and Wales 17.0
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate live births 15.0
England and Wales 25.0
Neo-natal mortality rate (deaths under age of 4 weeks per 1,000
total live births) 9.5
England and Wales 12.0
Early neo- natal mortality rate (deaths under the age of 1 week
per 1,000 total live births) 7.0
England and Wales 10.0
Perinatal mortality rate (stillbirths and deaths under the age of
1 week combined per 1,000 total live and stillbirths) 20.0
England and Wales 23.0
MATERNAL MORTALITY (including abortion)
Number of deaths 2
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths 0.5
DEATHS
Number of deaths from all causes 3,135
Death rate per 1,000 home population (crude) 11.8
Ratio of local adjusted death rate to national rate 0.94
Death rate per 1,000 home population (standardised) 11.2
England and Wales 11.9
Deaths from cancer (all forms) 681
Death rate from cancer (all forms) per 1,000 population 2.6
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