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Wood Green 1961

[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 47,750
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1960) according to
Rate Books 14,601
Rateable Value (1960) £873,039
Sum represented by a penny rate (estimated) £3,490

EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR

TotalMF
Live Births-
Legitimate692354338Birth Rate per
Illegitimate6132291,00015.7
Still Births1257Rate per 1,000 Births17. 3
Deaths538273265Death Rate per 1, 00011.3
Deaths from Puerperal causes -Rate per 1,000 Births-
Deaths of infants under one year of age-
All infants17Rate per 1,000 live births26,8
Legitimate15Rate per 1,000 legitimate live births21.68
Illegitimate2Rate per 1,000 illegitimate live births32. 8
Deaths from -
Tuberculosis3
Cancer (all ages)119
Measles (all ages)-
Whooping Cough (all ages)-
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)-
Number of Births notified753
Number of Births registered in the Borough180

POPULATION
The mid-year estimate of the population supplied by the
Registrar General is 47 750 a decrease of 410 from that of the
previous year.
BIRTHS
The number of live births registered during the year was
753 which gives a crude birth rate of 15.7 per 1,000 of population
the corrected birth rate being 16.1 the rate for 1960
was 15.7. There were 12 still-births giving a still-birth rate
of 17.3 per 1,000 births. In 1960 the still-birth rate was 15 2.
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