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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wood Green 1964
[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 46,520
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1964) according
to Rate Books 14,472
Rateable Value (1964) £2,518,825
Sum represented by a penny rate (estimated) £10,494
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR
Total
Live Births 856
Birth rate per
1,000 population 18.4
Still Births 13
Still birth rate per
1,000 births 15.19
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Deaths 311 284 595
Death rate per
1,000 population 12.79
Deaths from Puerperal causes Nil
Rate per 1,000
births Nil
Deaths of infants under 1 years of age—
All infants 21
Rate per 1,000 live
births 24.53
Deaths from—
Tuberculosis 2
Cancer (all ages) 121
Measles (all ages)
Whooping cough (all ages)
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of
age)
Number of births notified 856
Number of births registered in
the Borough 202
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