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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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POPULATION.
The mid-year estimate of the population supplied by the
Registrar-General is 52,780, a decrease of 200 from that of the
previous year.
BIRTHS.
The number of live births registered during the year was 719,
which corresponds to a Birth Rate of 13.6 per 1,000 of population.
This is a fall from the number of births in the previous year, which
was 805, giving a Birth Rate of 15.1. The number of still births was
16 and the Still-Birth Rate 22 per 1,000 births. In 1948, the
Still-Birth Rate was 26.
DEATHS.
The number of deaths credited to Wood Green after the necessary
adjustments had been made for inward and outward transfers was 631.
This gives a Death Rate of 11.9 per 1,000 of population, which is
appreciably higher than the figure for 1948, when the deaths
numbered 520 and the Death Rate was 9.8. Of the total of 631
deaths, no fewer than 412 or 65 per cent occurred at ages over 65.
124 deaths occurred at ages over 80 and 18 at ages over 90.
The individual causes of death are given in Table III, in the Appendix to this report, and the principal causes of death for 1949 and the previous year are shown below:—
| Cause of death. | 1949 | 1948 |
|---|---|---|
| Heart Disease | 198 | 155 |
| Other Diseases of the Circulatory System | 28 | 19 |
| Intra-cranial Vascular Lesions | 74 | 50 |
| Cancer—all sites | 121 | 97 |
| Tuberculosis—all forms | 19 | 26 |
There were no deaths from the principal zymotic diseases,
enteric fever, smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, measles or
whooping cough or from diarrhoea in children under 2 years.