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Wood Green 1935
[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 53,470
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1935, according to
the Rate Books) 13,429
Rateable Value, 1935 £511,876
Sum represented by a penny rate £2,050
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR.
Live Births— Total. M. F.
Legitimate 548 274 274 Birth Rate 10.7.
Illegitimate 22 14 8
Stillbirths 22 11 11 Rate per
1,000 births, 37.1.
Deaths 529 249 280 Death Rate,
9.9.
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 27 Rate per 1,000 live births,
47.
Legitimate 26 Rate per 1,000 legitimate
live births, 47.
Illegitimate 1 Rate per 1,000 illegitimate
live births, 45.
Deaths from:—
Measles (all ages) —
Whooping Cough (all ages) —
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 10