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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 1942
[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 1942.
| 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. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years). | Total Deaths under year. | ||
| England and Wales | 15.8 | 11.6 | 0.00 | - | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 5.2 | 49 |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns (including London) | 17.3 | 13.3 | 0.00 | - | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 7.5 | 59 |
| 148 Smaller Towns (populalation, 25,000-50,000 at Census 1931) | 18.4 | 12.1 | 0.00 | - | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.10 | 4.8 | 46 |
| London | 14.0 | 13.9 | 0.00 | — | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 8.6 | 60 |
| Wood Green | 15.7 | 12.7 | 0.00 | — | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 4.2 | 37 |