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POPULATION
The mid-year estimate of the population supplied by the
Registrar-General is 52,400, a decrease of 310 from that of the
previous year. The figure given by the Census in April, 1951.
was 52,224.
BIRTHS
The number of live births registered during the year was 653
which corresponds to a Birth Rate of 12.4 per 1,000 of population.
This is slightly lower than in 1950 when the number of births
registered was 677 and the Birth Rate 12.8. The number of stillbirths
was 12 and the Still-Birth Rate 18.3 per 1,000 births. Tn
1950 the Still-Birth Rate was 18.8.
DEATHS
The number of deaths credited to Wood Green after the
necessary adjustments had been made for inward and outward
transfers was 715, giving a Death Rate of 13.6 per 1,000 of population.
This is an increase of 85 over the previous year, when the
Death Rate was 11.9. Of the total of 715 deaths, no fewer
than 487 or 68 per cent, occurred at ages over 65. 152 deaths
occurred at ages over 80 and 16 at ages over 90.
The individual causes of death are given in Tables III and
Ilia in the Appendix, the latter of which gives also the age group
at which death occurred. The slight discrepancy in the numbers
in the two tables is due to the fact that the former table was
supplied by the Registrar-General, while the latter was prepared
in my office. The principal causes of death for 1951 and the
previous year are shown below.
Cause of death. 1951 1950
Heart Disease 224 210
Other Diseases of the Circulatory System 22 16
Vascular Lesions of Nervous System 91 75
Cancer—all sites 120 124
Tuberculosis—all forms 15 12
INQUESTS
Twenty-two inquests were held on deaths occurring in Wood
Green, one of these without post-mortem examination. A further
125 post-mortem examinations were done without an inquest, 66
of these in the Prince of Wales's Hospital which by arrangement
with the Wood Green Council has provided mortuary services
since the Wood Green Mortuary was closed a few years ago.