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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wood Green 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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Table II.
Birth-Rate, Death-Rate and Analysis of Mortality during 1937.
| Birth-rate per 1,000 population. | Annual Death-Rate per 1,000 Population. | Rate per 1,000 Births. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Violence. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years). | Total Deaths under 1 year. | ||
| England and Wales | 14.9 | 12.4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.45 | 0.54 | 5.8 | 58 |
| 125 County Boroughs and Great Towns (including London) | 14.9 | 12.5 | 0.01 | - | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.39 | 0.45 | 7.9 | 62 |
| 148 Smaller Towns (population, 25,000-50,000 at Census 1931) | 15.3 | 11.9 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 3.2 | 55 |
| London | 13.3 | 12.3 | 0.00 | — | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 005 | 0.38 | 0.51 | 12.0 | 60 |
| Wood Green | 12.3 | 11.1 | — | — | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.26 | 0.49 | 6.1 | 48 |