[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green].

  • Wood Green (London, England). Municipal Borough.
Date:
[1956]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS FOR THE AREA Area (acres) 1,606 Population-estimate supplied by the Registrar General 50,610 Number of inhabited houses (end of 1955) according to Rate Books 14,348 Rateable Value (31.3.56) £547,903 (1.4.56) £870,379 Sum represented by a penny rate £2,210 I can add little to the remarks made in this section in preceding Reports,or to what I have already said in the intro duction to this Annual Report Our aim must be to eliminate con ditions which prejudice the health and well-being of those who live or work in Wood Green As any district becomes older, this task becomes more difficult, more imperative. I am fully aware that the Borough Council has this point well in mind, and that everything possible is being done to maintain and to improve standards in Wood Green so that conditions will not be allowed to deteriorate. EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR Live Births: Total M F Legitimate 575 287 288) Birth Rate per 8) 1,000 11.7 Illegitimate 17 9 Still Births 13 7 6 Rate per 1,000 Births 21.9 Deaths 519 255 264 Death Rate per 1,000 10.3 Deaths from Puerperal causes _ Rate per 1,000 Births _ Deaths of infants under 1 year of age- All infants 14 Rate per 1,000 live births 23.6 Legitimate 13 Rate per 1,000 legitimate live births 24.3 Illegitimate 1 Rate per 1,000 illegitimate live births 58.8 Deaths from:- Cancer (all ages) 105 Measles (all ages) _ Whooping Cough (all ages) 1 Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) _ Number of Births notified 591 Number of Births registered in the Borough 117 POPULATION The mid-year estimate of the population supplied by the Registrar General is 50,610, a decrease of 480 from that of the previous year. 7