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The corrected number is therefore 553, which is equal to an
annual rate of 1128 per 1,000 of the estimated population.
The average death rate for the previous 10 years was 11.47.
To compare this death rate with that of England and Wales,
allowance must be made for the more favourable age and sex
distribution of the population of Wood Green. This is done by
multiplying the recorded death rate by a "factor for correction" (in
our case, 109801), a figure obtained by the Medical Officer of Health
for the County by a somewhat elaborate calculation, founded on the
figures of last census. The corrected death rate for Wood Green is
12.38 for the year 1907.
There were 100 deaths of children under 1 year, which
corresponds to a rate of 68 deaths for every 1,000 births.
The average for the previous 10 years was 129 deaths to every
1,000 births.
The deaths of children under 5 years was 172, which is equal to
a rate of 3.51 per 1,000 of the general population, against 3.93 and
3.36 per 1,000 in the two previous years.
There were 53 deaths from various forms of Tubercular Disease,
36 of which were from Phthisis, against 35 and 34 in the two
previous years.
There were 98 deaths from diseases of the Respiratory System,
against 64 and 73 for the two previous years.
ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
The deaths from the seven chief Zymotic Diseases of the
Registrar-General (Smallpox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria,
Whooping Cough, Fever, and Diarrhoea) were 52, which corresponds
to an annual rate of 106 per 1,000, against 1.76 per 1,000 in 1906.
No case of Smallpox or Typhus was notified during the year.
SCARLET FEVER.
235 cases of Scarlet Fever were notified with 1 death, against
224 cases with 7 deaths in 1906.