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

  • Enfield (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
[1949?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    9 The net death-rate for the District is 8.48 per 1,000 population Two-hundred-and-seventy-four deaths registered in the District were persons over 80 years of age, 98 being males and 176 females. one man dying at the advanced age of 96, one woman at the same age, and one other woman at the age of 100. The following tables give the causes of deaths at all ages and of children under the age of I year:— TABLE I. Causes of Death during Year 1948. Causes of Death. Males. Females. Total. Typhoid and Para-Typhoid Fevers. - - - Cerebro-spinal Fever — 1 1 Scarlet Fever — 1 1 Whooping Cough 1 — 1 Diphtheria — — - Tuberculosis of Respiratory System 25 15 40 Other Forms of Tuberculosis 2 — 2 Syphilitic diseases 4 1 5 Influenza 1 — 1 Measles — — — Ac. Polio-myel: & polio-enceph. — — Ac. Inf. Enceph. — 1 1 Cancer of buc: cav. & cesoph. (M), uterus (F) 4 3 7 Cancer of stomach & duodenum 18 12 30 Cancer of breast — 20 20 Cancer of all other sites 75 45 120 Diabetes 2 1 3 Intracranial vascular lesions 31 72 103 Heart disease 119 128 247 Other diseases of Circulatory System 20 16 36 Bronchitis 29 16 45 Pneumonia 20 20 40 Other Respiratory Diseases 7 6 13 Ulcer of stomach or duodenum 8 I 9 Diarrhoea under 2 years 6 — 6 Appendicitis 3 1 4 Other Digestive Diseases 7 6 13 Nephritis 11 10 21 Puer. & Post-abort. Sepsis — — — Other Maternal Causes — 1 1 Premature Birth 3 6 9 Con. mal; birth inj: infant dis. 16 15 31 Suicide 7 7 14 Road traffic accidents .. 9 6 15 Other violent causes 5 9 14 All other causes 44 47 91 Total. 477 467 944