Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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
Total | M | F | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Live Births- | |||||
Legitimate | 692 | 354 | 338 | Birth Rate per | |
Illegitimate | 61 | 32 | 29 | 1,000 | 15.7 |
Still Births | 12 | 5 | 7 | Rate per 1,000 Births | 17. 3 |
Deaths | 538 | 273 | 265 | Death Rate per 1, 000 | 11.3 |
Deaths from Puerperal causes - | Rate per 1,000 Births | - | |||
Deaths of infants under one year of age- | |||||
All infants | 17 | Rate per 1,000 live births | 26,8 | ||
Legitimate | 15 | Rate per 1,000 legitimate live births | 21.68 | ||
Illegitimate | 2 | Rate per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 32. 8 | ||
Deaths from - | |||||
Tuberculosis | 3 | ||||
Cancer (all ages) | 119 | ||||
Measles (all ages) | - | ||||
Whooping Cough (all ages) | - | ||||
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | - | ||||
Number of Births notified | 753 | ||||
Number of Births registered in the Borough | 180 |
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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