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Enfield 1972

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS

Table: We record our appreciation of the invaluable service made available throughout the year by the Director, Dr. Thorn, and his staff.See Tables (5), (6) and (7).

We record our appreciation of the invaluable service made available throughout the year by the Director, Dr. Thorn, and his staff.

See Tables (5), (6) and (7).

(1) General statistics
Area: (In acres) 20,061
Population: (Registrar General's mid-1972 estimate) 265,910
Number of structurally separate dwellings, including flats 93,163
Rateable value (at 31st December 1972)£19,535,237
Product of a new penny rate: (1972/73 revised estimate)£192,000
(2) Vital statistics 1972MalesFemalesTotal
LIVE BIRTHSLegitimate1,7581,5623,320
Illegitimate118121239
1,8761,6833,559
Rate per 1,000 population Enfield (crude)13.4
Enfield (standardised!.13.7
England and Wales14.8
Enfield illegitimate live births per cent of total live births7.0
England and Wales illegitimate live births per cent of total live births9.0
STILLBIRTHSLegitimate141630
Illegitimate-11
141731
Rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths: Enfield9.0
England and Wales12.0
INFANT DEATHS (deaths under the age of 1 year):Legitimate232346
Illegitimate448
272754
Rate per 1,000 live births: Enfield: Legitimate14.0
Enfield: Illegitimate33.0
Enfield: Combined15.0
England and Wales: Combined17.0
NEO-NATAL DEATHS (deaths under the age of 4 weeks):
Legitimate152035
Illegitimate347
182442
Rate per 1.000 live births:
Enfield12.0
England and Wales12.0
EARLY NEO-NATAL DEATHS (deaths under the age of 1 week):
Legitimate101727
Illegitimate347
132134