London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1949
[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 1949.
| Annual Death-Rate per 1,000 Population. | Rate per 1,000 Births. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth-rate per 1,000 population. | All Causes. | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years). | Total Deaths under 1 year. | |
| England and Wales | 16..7 | 11.7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 3.0 | 32 |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns (including London) | 18.7 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 3.8 | 37 |
| 148 Smaller Towns (population 25,000-50,000 at Census 1931) | 18.0 | 11.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.14 | 2.4 | 30 |
| London | 18.5 | 12.2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 1.7 | 29 |
| Wood Green | 13.6 | 11.9 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.0 | 25 |