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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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Table II.
Birth - Rate, Death - Rate and Analysis of Mortality during 1936.
| Birth-rate per 1,000 population. | Annual Death - Rate per 1,000 Population. | Rate per 1,000 Births. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Violence. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years). | Total Deaths under year. | ||
| England and Wales | 15.4 | 121 | 0.01 | — | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.14 | 0.52 | 5.9 | 59 |
| 122 County Boroughs and Great Towns (including London) | 15.6 | 12.3 | 0.01 | — | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 014 | 0.45 | 8.2 | 63 |
| 143 Smaller Towns (population, 25,000-50,000 at Census 1931) | 15.6 | 11.5 | 0.00 | — | 0. 04 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.15 | 0.39 | 3.4 | 55 |
| London | 14.1 | 12.6 | 0.01 | — | 0.14 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.14 | 0.52 | 14.4 | 66 |
| Wood Green | 1.31 | 10.9 | — | — | 0.04 | — | 0.04 | 0.22 | 0.09 | 0.50 | 10.0 | 54 |