Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (acres) 1,625
Population—Estimate supplied by the Registrar-General 54,210
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1933, according to
the Rate Books) 13,105
Rateable Value, 1933 £465,779
Sum represented by a penny rate £1,875
Live Births— | Total. | M. | F. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Legitimate | 577 | 302 | 275 | Birth Rate 11.1. |
Illegitimate | 24 | 13 | 11 | |
Stillbirths | 21 | 10 | 11 | Rate per 1,000 births, 33.7. |
Deaths | 565 | 276 | 289 | Death Rate, 10.4. |
Deaths from puerperal causes :— | ||||
Puerperal sepsis | 1 | Rate per 1,000 births, 1.6. | ||
Other puerperal causes | — | Rate per 1,000 births, Nil. | ||
Total | 1 | Rate per 1,000 births, 1.6. | ||
Deaths of infants under 1 year of age:— | ||||
All infants | 32 | Rate per 1,000 live births, 53. | ||
Legitimate | 30 | Rate per 1,000 legitimate live births, 52. | ||
Illegitimate | 2 | Rate per 1,000 illegitimate live births, 83. | ||
Deaths from— | ||||
Measles (all ages), Nil. | ||||
Whooping Cough (all ages), 1. | ||||
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age), Nil. |