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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS FOR THE
AREA
Area (acres) 1,607
Population—estimate supplied by the Registrar General 52,080
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1952) according to
the Rate Books 13,883
Rateable Value, 1952 £545,360
Sum represented by a penny rate £2,226
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR
Live Births : Total M. F.
Legitimate 621 320 301 Birth Rate per
Illegitimate 33 16 17 1,000 .— 12.5
Still Births 12 7 5 Rate per 1,000
Births 18.02
Deaths 602 289 313 Death Rate
per 1,000 11.5
Deaths from Puer'
peral Causes — Rate per 1,000 Births —
Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age :—
All Infants 14 Rate per 1,000 live births 21.4
Legitimate 12 Rate per 1,000 legitimate
live births 19.3
Illegitimate 2 Rate per 1,000 illegitimate
live births 60.6
Deaths from :
Cancer (all ages) 121
Measles (all ages) —
Whooping Cough (all ages) —
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 3
Number of Births notified 650
Number of Births registered in the Borough 137
POPULATION
The mid-year estimate of the population supplied by the
Registrar'General is 52,080, a decrease of 320 from that of the
previous year.
Although the child population of Wood Green is still relatively
high, there can be little doubt that the population as a whole is
ageing. This distribution of age groups in the community gives
rise to very definite problems, some of which will be discussed later
in this report.
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