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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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| Area (acres) | |
| Population estimate supplied by the Registrar General | 50,100 |
| Number of inhabited houses (end of 1956) according to Rate Books | 14,283 |
| Rateable Value (31. 3. 57) | £867,514 |
| ( 1. 4. 57) | £813,668 |
| Sum represented by a penny rate (estimated) | £3,500 |
| Total | M | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births - | |||||
| Legitimate | 558 | 280 | 278) | Birth Rate per 1,000 | 11.50 |
| Illegitimate | 20 | 14 | 6) | ||
| Still Births | 21 | 16 | 5 | Rate per 1,000 Births | 36.33 |
| Deaths | 537 | 282 | 255 | Death Rate per 1,000 | 10.70 |
| Deaths from Puerperal causes | - | Rate per 1,000 Births | - | ||
| Deaths of infants under one year of age:- | |||||
| All infants | 10 | Rate per 1 000 live births | 17.30 | ||
| Legitimate | 9 | Rate per 1,000 legitimate live births | 16.13 | ||
| Illegitimate | 1 | Rate per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 50.00 | ||
| Deaths from:- | |||||
| Cancer (all ages) | 125 | ||||
| Measles (all ages) | - | ||||
| Whooping Cough (all ages) | - | ||||
| Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 1 | ||||
| Number of Births notified | 578 | ||||
| Number of Births registered in the Borough | 134 | ||||
POPULATION
The mid-year estimate of the population supplied by the
Registrar General is 50,100 a decrease of 510 from that of the
previous year
BIRTHS
The number of live births registered during the year was
578 which gives a crude birth rate of 11 5 per 1 000 of population
the corrected birth rate being the same figure The rate
for 1955 was 11.7. There were 21 still-births giving a still
birth rate of 36 33 per 1 000 births In 1955 the still-birth
rate was 21 9
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