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 47,060
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1963) according to
Rate Books 14,472
Rateable Value (1963) £2,482,243
Sum represented by a penny rate (estimated) £10,270
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR
Total
M
F
Birth Rate per
1, 000 population 19.04
Live Births-
Legitimate
797
422
375
Illegitimate
99
49
50
896
471
425
Still Births -
Birth Rate per
1,000 births 14.51
Legitimate
10
5
5
Illegitimate
3
2
1
13
7
6
Deaths
583
286
297
Death Rate per 12.39
1,000
Deaths from Puerperal
causes-
Nil
Rate per 1,000 births Nil
Deaths of infants under one year of ageAll
infants 15 Rate per 1,000 live births 16.74
Legitimate 15 Rate per 1,000 legitimate
live births 16.74
Illegitimate Nil Rate per 1,000 illegitimate
live births Nil
Deaths from-
Tuberculosis 4
Cancer (all ages) 124
Measles (all ages) -
Whooping Cough (all ages) -
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) -
Number of births notified 995
Number of births registered in the Borough 190
Birth, Death and Infant Mortality Rates
Comparison of National and Local Rates
Birth Rate Infant
Death Rate Mortality
Live Still Rate
England and Wales 18,2 17 3 12.2 20.9
Wood Green 19.04 14.51 12.4 16.74
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