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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 1952
[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 1952
| 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 | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Influenza | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | Total Deaths under 1 year | ||
| England and Wales | 15.3 | 11.3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 1.1 | 27.6 |
| 160 County Boroughs and Great Towns (including London) | 16.9 | 12.1 | 0.00 | 0,00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 1.3 | 31.2 |
| 160 Smaller Towns (population 25,000-50,000 at Census 1951) | 15.5 | 11.2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.5 | 25.8 |
| London | 17.6 | 12.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.7 | 23.8 |
| Wood Green | 12.5 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 4.5 | 21.4 |