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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 1938
[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 53,190
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1938, according to
the Rate Books) 13,776
Rateable Value, 1938 £532,908
Sum represented by a penny rate £2,105
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR.
Live Births— Total. M. F.
Legitimate 635 342 293 Birth Rate 12.3
Illegitimate 17 9 8
Stillbirths 25 20 5 Rate per 1,000
births, 36.7.
Deaths 540 248 292 Death Rate 10.1.
Deaths from Puerperal causes:—
Puerperal sepsis — Rate per 1,000 Births, Nil.
Other Puerperal causes 2 Rate per 1,000 Births, 2.9.
Total 2 Rate per 1,000 Births, 2.9.
Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age:—
All infants25 Rate per 1,000 Live Births,
38.
Legitimate 24 Rate per 1,000 legitimate
Live Births, 38.
Illegitimate 1 Rate per 1,000 illegitimate
Live Births, 59.
Deaths from:—
Cancer (all ages) 92
Measles (all ages) 3
Whooping Cough (all ages) —
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 1