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Enfield 1971
[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-1971 Estimate) 266,230
Number of structurally separate dwellings, including flats 91,408
Number of dwellings constructed during the year 725
Rateable value £19,301,215
Product of a new penny rate £190,000
Live Births
Number 3,828
Rate per 1,000 population (crude) 14.4
Ratio of local adjusted birth rate to national rate 0.94
Rate per 1,000 population (standardised) 15.0
England and Wales 16.0
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births 7.0
England and Wales 8.0
Stillbirths
Number 42
Rate per 1,000 total live births and stillbirths 11.0
England and Wales 12..0
Total live and stillbirths 3,870
Infant Mortality
Infant deaths (deaths under the age of 1 year) 57
Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births 14.9
England and Wales 18.0
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births 14.0
England and Wales 17.0
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate
live births 27.0
England and Wales 24.0
Neo-natal mortality rate (deaths under age of 4
weeks per 1,000 total live births) 10.0
England and Wales 12.0
Early neo-natal mortality rate (deaths under the age
of 1 week per 1,000 total live births) 8.0
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) 19.0
England and Wales 22.0
Maternal Mortality
(including abortion)
Number of deaths 1
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths 0.3
Deaths
Number of deaths from all causes 3,139
Death rate per 1,000 home population (crude) 11.8
Ratio of local adjusted death rate to national rate 0.97
Death rate per 1,000 home population (standardised) 11.2
England and Wales 11.6
Deaths from cancer (all forms) 728
Death rate from cancer (all forms) per 1,000 population 2.7
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