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Wood Green 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS FOR THE AREA
| Area (acres) | 1,606 |
| Population - estimate supplied by the Registrar General | 49,500 |
| Number of inhabited houses (end of 1957) according to Rate Books | 14,269 |
| Rateable Value (1958) | £814,595 |
| Sum represented by a penny rate (estimated) | £3,210 |
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR
| Total | M | F | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births - | ||||
| Legitimate | 627 | 303 | 324 Birth Rate per 16 1,000 | |
| Illegitimate | 28 | 12 | 13.2 | |
| Still Births | 11 | 8 | 3 Rate per 1,000 Births | 16.8 |
| Deaths | 485 | 268 | 217 Death Rate per 1,000 | 9.6 |
| Deaths from Puerperal causes | - | Rate per 1,000 Births | - | |
| Deaths of infants under one year of age | ||||
| All infants | 11 | Rate per 1 000 live births | 16.8 | |
| Legitimate | 10 | Rate per 1,000 legitimate live births | 15.27 | |
| Illegitimate | 1 | Rate per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 35.71 | |
| Deaths from- | ||||
| Tuberculosis | 7 | |||
| Cancer (all ages) | 107 | |||
| Measles (all ages) | - | |||
| Whooping Cough (all ages) | - | |||
| Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 1 | |||
| Number of Births notified | 655 | |||
| Number of Births registered in the Borough | 113 | |||
POPULATION
The mid-year estimate of the population supplied by the
Registrar General is 49,500, a decrease of 600 from that of the
previous year,
BKRTHS
The number of live births registered during the year was
655, which gives a crude birth rate of 13.2 per 1,000 of population
the corrected birth rate being the same figure- The rate
for 1956 was 11.5. There were 11 still-births, giving a stillbirth
rate of 16.79 per 1,000 births In 1956 the still-birth
rate was 36.33.
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