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

  • Enfield (London, England). Municipal Borough.
Date:
[1958?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    8 EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR. Live Births:— Total Male. Female. Legitimate 1,398 686 712 Illegitimate 63 24 39 Birth-rate—13.37 per 1,000 population. Still Births:— Total. Male. Female. Legitimate 29 15 14 Illegitimate 2 1 1 Rate per 1,000 total births—20.77. Total. Male. Female Deaths 1,185 592 593 Death-rate—10.85 per 1,000 population. Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth:— Deaths. Rate per 1,000 Total Births. From Puerperal Sepsis 2 1.34 From other Puerperal causes 1 0.67 3 2.01 Death-rate of Infants under one year of age:— All infants per 1,000 live births 10.26 Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 10.70 Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 15.87 Deaths from Cancer (all forms) 242 Deaths from Cancer (Lungs and Bronchus) 52 Deaths from Tuberculosis (Respiratory) 8 Deaths from Tuberculosis (Other forms) — COMPARABILITY FACTORS In view of the differing sex and age distribution of local popu lations, the General Register Office supplies factors for adjusting the Birth and Death rates to enable comparisons to be made with the rates for other areas and the country as a whole. The factors are—Births 1.00 and Deaths 0.91.