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DEATHS.
The number of deaths belonging to Wood Green, after making
the necessary adjustments for inward and outward transfers was
588, 280 male and 308 female. This gives a death-rate of 10.9
per thousand of population, an appreciably higher rate than that
for 1935 whioh was 9.9. The death rate for the whole country
was 12.1 and that for the 122 great towns 12.3.
Of the total deaths, 293. or almost exactly 50 per cent, occurred
in persons over 65 years of age. The corresponding percentage for
1935 was 54.
The distribution of deaths over tihe year was as follows:—
First quarter, 184; second, 125; third, 126; and fourth, 153.
The distribution of deaths according to Wards was :—
Alexandra-Bowes 187
Town Hall 174
Noel Park 227
588
Table III in the Appendix give* the causes of all death*
occurring in Wood Green during the year, and Table IV shows
their distribution both according to cause of death, and to age at
death. The former table is supplied by the Registrar-General,
wihile the latter has been compiled in the Health Department. This
fact accounts for the slight discrepancies which are to be detected
in the numbers attached to individual causes of death. It will be
seen from Table III that as in previous years the commonest cause
of death was heart disease, which was responsible for no fewer than
142 deaths. Of these more than two-thirds occurred in persons
over 65 years of age. Cancer came second as a cause of death with
91 deaths, and was followed by tuberculosis which was responsible
for 51 deaths, more than twice as many as in the previous year.
Of this number, no fewer than 31 or 60 per cent, occurred in