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Enfield 1970

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
■ Tables relating to the London Borough of Enfield
1.
General Statistics
2.
Vital Statistics
3.
infant Mortality
4.
Causes of, and ages at, death
5.
Road Accidents
6.
Infectious Disease : Notification and Deaths
7.
Infectious Disease: Tuberculosis—Notification and Deaths
8.
Public Health Laboratory Service . Environmental specimens
■ Summary
Area (acres) 20,061
Population (Registrar General's Mid-1970 Estimate) 262,690
Number of structurally separate dwellings, including flats 90,587
Number of dwellings constructed during the year 1,221
Rateable value £18,789,716
Product of a 1d. rate £78,150
Uve Births
Number 3,834
Rate per 1,000 population (crude) 14.6
Ratio of local adjusted birth rate to national rate 0.95
Rate per 1,000 population (standardised) 15.2
England and Wales 16.0
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births 7.0
England and Wales 8.0
Stillbirths
Number 37
Rate per 1,000 total live births and stillbirths 10
England and Wales 13
Total live and stillbirths 3,871
infant Mortality
Infant deaths (deaths under the age of 1 year) 58
Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births 15.1
England and Wales 18
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births 15
England and Wales 17
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate live births 14
England and Wales 26
Neo-natal mortality rate (deaths under age of 4 weeks per
1,000 total live births) 11
England and Wales 12
Early neo-natal mortality rate (deaths under the age of 1 week
per 1,000 total live births) 9
England and Wales 11
Perinatal mortality rate (stillbirths and deaths under the age of
1 week combined per 1,000 total live and stillbirths) 19
England and Wales 23
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 3,037
Death rate per 1,000 home population (crude) 11.6
Ratio of local adjusted death rate to national rate 0.94
Death rate per 1,000 home population (standardised) 11.0
England and Wales 11.7
Deaths from cancer (all forms) 683
Death rate from cancer (all forms) per 1,000 population 2.6
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