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Wood Green 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS FOR THE AREA
Area (acres) 1,606
Population - estimate supplied by the Registrar General 49,100
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1957) according to
Rate Books 14,617
Rateable Value 1958) £813,668
Sum represented by a penny rate (estimated) £3,302
| Total | M | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births - | |||||
| Legitimate | 598 | 321 | 277 | Birth Rate per 1,000 | 12.9 |
| Illegitimate | 37 | 23 | 14 | ||
| Still Births | 13 | 7 | 6 | Rate per 1,000 Births | 20.5 |
| Deaths | 573 | 288 | 285 | Death Rate per 1,000 | 11.3 |
| Deaths from Puerperal causes | 1 | Rate per 1,000 Births | 1.57 | ||
| Deaths of infants under one year of age:- | |||||
| All infants | 15 | Rate per 1,000 live births | 23.62 | ||
| Legitimate | 14 | Rate per 1,000 legitimate live births | 23.41 | ||
| Illegitimate | 1 | Rate per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 27.09 | ||
| Deaths from:- | |||||
| Tuberculosis | 4 | ||||
| Cancer (all ages) | 129 | ||||
| Measles (all ages) | - | ||||
| Whooping Cough (all ages) | - | ||||
| Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | - | ||||
| Number of Births notified | 635 | ||||
| Number of Births registered in the Borough | 143 | ||||
POPULATION
The mid year estimate of the population supplied by the
Registrar General is 49 100 a decrease of 400 from that of the
previous year
BIRTHS
The number of live births registered during the year was
635, which gives a crude birth rate of 12.9 per 1,000 of population,
the corrected birth rate being the same figure The rate
for 1957 was 13.2. There were 13 still-births, giving a stillbirth
rate of 20.5 per 1.000 births In 1957 the still-birth
rate was 16.79.
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