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Wood Green 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The number of deaths occurring in children under 12 months
of age was 21 and the Infantile Mortality Rate 34 per 1,000 live
births. This is an improvement on the rate for 1938, which was 38,
and is the lowest ever recorded in Wood Green.
The individual causes of the infantile deaths and the age at
which death occurred are shown in Table V. Of the total of 21
deaths it will be seen that 10 occurred in the first week of life and
a further 5 during the next three weeks.
MATERNAL MORTALITY.
Two deaths were ascribed to puerperal sepsis, giving a Maternal
Mortality Rate of 3.1 per 1,000 births. In one case the sepsis followed
an abortion, while in the other it followed induction of labour in a
case of eclampsia.
I am indebted to the Clerk of the Middlesex County Council for the following figures showing the particulars of outdoor relief granted to Wood Green residents during 1939 :—
| No. of persons. | Amount granted. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | ||
| Ordinary cases | 1,304 | 21,310 | 1 | 11 |
| Unemployed | 185 | 1,526 | 12 | 3 |
| Totals | 1,489 | £22,836 | 14 | 2 |
The amount granted in 1938 was £22,762 4s. Od.