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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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I am indebted to the Borough Surveyor for the following information relating to new houses erected in Wood Green during 1939:—
| Number of houses erected during 1939 | 4 |
| Number of flats erected during 1939 | 31 |
| Number of houses built by the Council | — |
| Number built by other bodies and persons | 35 |
| Bodies deposited during the year | 50 |
| Inquests held | 14 |
| Post-mortem examinations | 45 |
| Causes of death:— | |
| Accidental | 5 |
| Natural causes | 40 |
| Suicide | 5 |
PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS
DISEASE.
Table VI in the Appendix gives details of the notifications
of infectious disease received during the year. The total number
of cases notified was 190, a very low figure compared with the previous
year, when the number was 279. The decrease is accounted for
by the low incidence of diphtheria and, to a lesser degree, of scarlet
fever, while there was also a reduced number of notifications of
tuberculosis, 51 as compared with 69.
The number of cases removed to hospital or sanatorium was
168, as compared with 232 in 1938, and the number of deaths from
notifiable infectious disease was 60 the same number as in 1938.