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COMPARISON OF THE HEALTH OF THE
DIFFERENT WARDS.
West Green Ward:—The General Death Rate was
8"9 per 1,000 of the population, the actual number of deaths
being 170. This is the lowest General Death Rate in any of
the Wards. West Green also had the lowest Infant
Mortality Rate, viz:—50.6 per 1,000 births In order of
frequency, deaths resulted from the following causes:
Respiratory Diseases 27; Malignant Disease 22 ; Heart
Disease 21; Phthisis and other Tuberculous Diseases 20:
Kidney Diseases 8; Congenital Debility and Malformations
7 ; Infectious Diseases 6 ; Gastro-Intestinal
Affections 5 ; Violent Deaths 5 ; Meningitis 1 ; Diseases
of Parturition 1 ; Other defined diseases (not otherwise
classified) 47.
West Green had only 24 cases of Diphtheria out of a
total for the district of 190.
Harringay Ward:—The Death Rate from all causes was
94 per 1,000 of the population, and the Infant Mortality
Rate 57'5 per 1,000 births. Deaths resulted from the
following causes :—Respiratory Diseases 42 ; Phthisis and
other Tuberculous Diseases 20; Heart Disease 18 ; Malignant
Disease 1G ; Gastro-Intestinal Affections 11; Infectious
Diseases 8 ; Congenital Debility and Malformations 8 ;.
Violent Deaths 8 ; Kidney Diseases 6 ; Meningitis 2;
Diseases of Parturition 2 ; Other defined diseases (not
otherwise classified) 56.