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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 1947
[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 1947.
| 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. | Soarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years). | Total Deaths under 1 year. | ||
| England and Wales | 20.5 | 12.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 5.8 | 41 |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns (including London) | 23.3 | 13.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 8.0 | 47 |
| 148 Smaller Towns (population 25,000-50,000 at Census 1931) | 22.2 | 11.9 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 3.7 | 36 |
| London | 22.7 | 12.8 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 4.8 | 37 |
| Wood Green | 20.3 | 12.4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 3.7 | 28 |