[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield].

  • Enfield (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
[1937]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    12 The causes of death, sex and ages of Enfield residents who committed suicide in or outside the District were as follows:— 4 Coal Gas Poisoning Males: Ages 57 and 65 years. Females: Ages 22 and 40 years. 1 Gunshot Wound of Face.. Male: Age 63 years. 1 Hanging Female : Age 42 years. 1 Poisoned by drinking Prussic Acid Male : Age 30 years. 1 Spirits of Salts Poisoning Male: Age 45 years. 1 Drowned in a River Female: Age 68 years. 1 Drowned in a Bath Female : Age 32 years. 1 Knocked down by a Loco motive Engine Male : Age 53 years. BIRTHS. The actual number of births registered in the District was as follows:— Boys. Girls. Total. 496 471 967 including 27 illegitimate births, i.e., 2.79 per cent, of the total. In addition, 7 male and 8 female still-births were registered. The corrected birth-rates for both sexes, live and still-births, which takes into consideration those born outside the District and those in the District not rightly recorded to the District, and also the corrected birth-rates for the last 5 years, are:— Year. Boys. Girls. Total. Birth-rate per 1,000 Population. Illegitimate Birth-rate per 1,000 Population. 1932 571 527 1,098 15.69 .62 1933 537 520 1,057 14.72 .50 1934 571 555 1,126 15.08 .44 1935 628 639 1,267 16.46 .51 1936 709 694 1,403 17.12 .50