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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (acres) 1,607
Population—Estimate supplied by the Registrar-General 53,755
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1934, according to
the Rate Books) 13,265
Rateable Value, 1934 £511,828
Sum represented by a penny rate £2,022
| Live Births— | Total. | M. | F. | |
| Legitimate | 548 | 277 | 271 | Birth Rate 10.5. |
| Illegitimate | 16 | 8 | 8 | |
| Stillbirths | 12 | 6 | 6 | Rate per 1,000 births, 20.8. |
| Deaths | 562 | 269 | 293 | Death Rate, 10.5. |
| Deaths from puerperal causes:— | ||||
| Puerperal sepsis | 1 | Rate per 1,000 births, 1.7 | ||
| Other puerperal causes | Rate per 1,000 births, Nil. | |||
| Total | 1 | Rate per 1,000 births, 1.7, | ||
| Deaths of infants under 1 year of age:— | ||||
| All infants | 21 | Rate per 1,000 live births, 37. | ||
| Legitimate | 19 | Rate per 1,000 legitimate | ||
live births, 35.
Illegitimate 2 Rate per 1,000 illegitimate
live births, 125.
Deaths from—
Measles (all ages) 1
Whooping Cough (all ages) 2
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 1