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Wood Green 1962
[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 Pegistrar General 47,510
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1962) according to
Rate Books 14,423
Rateable Value (1962) £883,953
Sum represented by a penny rate (estimated) £3,618
| Live Births - | Total | M | F | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 737 | 283 | 354 | Birth Rate per 1, 000 population | 17.07 |
| Illegitimate | 74 | 43 | 31 | ||
| Still Births | 23 | 17 | 6 | Rate per 1,000 Births | 31. 2 |
| Deaths | 581 | 299 | 282 | Death Rate per 1,000 | 12. 23 |
| Deaths from Puerperal causes - | Rate per 1,000 Births | ||||
| Deaths of infants under one year of age - | |||||
| All infants | 21 Rate per 1,000 live births | 29. 5 | |||
| Legitimate | 20 | Rate per 1,000 legitimate live births | 27. 1 | ||
| Illegitimate | 1 | Rate per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 13. 16 | ||
| Deaths from:- | |||||
| Tuberculosis | 2 | ||||
| Cancer (all ages) | .105 | ||||
| Measles (all ages) | - | ||||
| Whooping Cough (all ages) | - | ||||
| Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | - | ||||
| Number of births notified | 811 | ||||
| Number of births registered in the Borough | 233 | ||||
POPULATION
The mid-year estimate of the population supplied by the
Registrar General is 47,510 a decrease of 240 from that of the
previous year.
BIRTHS
The number of live births registered during the year was
811, which gives a crude birth rate of 17.03 per 1,000 of population,
the corrected birth rate being 18.05 the rate for 1961
was 16. 1. There were 23 still-births, giving a still-birth rate
of 31.2 per 1,000 births. In 1961 the still-birth rate was 17.3.
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