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

  • Wood Green (London, England). Municipal Borough.
Date:
[1951]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3 EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR. Live Births:— Total M. F. Legitmate Illegitimate 652 25 340 10 312 15 Birth Rate 12.8 per 1,000 Still Births 13 7 6 Rate per 1,000 births 18.8 Deaths 630 296 334 Death Rate 11.9 per 1,000. Deaths from Puerperal Causes — Rate per 1,000 Births Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age:— All Infants 17 Rate per 1,000 Live Births 25.0 Legitimate 16 Rate per 1,000 legitimate Live Births 24.5 Illegitimate 1 Rate per 1,000 illegiti mate Live Births 40.0 Deaths from:— Cancer (all ages) 124 Measles (all ages) — Whooping Cough (all ages) 1 Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 6 Number of Births notified 694 Number of Births Registered in the Borough 198 POPULATION. The mid-year estimate of the population supplied by the Registrar-General is 52,710, a decrease of 70 from that of the previous year. BIRTHS. The number of live births registered during the year was 677, which corresponds to a Birth Rate of 12.8 per 1,000 of population. This is a fall from the number of births in the previous year, which was 719, giving a Birth Rate of 13.6. The number of still-births was 13 and the Still-Birth Rate 18.8 per 1,000 births. In 1949, the Still-Birth Rate was 22.