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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

Tottenham 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]

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Table: DEATHS.

DEATHS.

The total number of deaths registered in Tottenham was1,090
Of these, the number of non-residents was222
Deaths of residents registered in the district868
Deaths of residents registered outside the district677
1,545
Deaths of residents under 1 year occurring in district97
Deaths of residents under 1 year occurring outside district50
Total deaths of Tottenham infants147

Table: These deaths are distributed in age groups as follows:—

These deaths are distributed in age groups as follows:—

Deaths under 1 year147
Deaths from 1 to 5 years83
Deaths from 5 to 15 years47
Deaths from 15 to 25 years81
Deaths from 25 to 65 years579
Deaths 65 and upwards608
1,545

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The excess of births over deaths is 1,056.
The death rate equalled 9.6 per 1,000 of the population.
The death occurred, in the North Middlesex Hospital, on Christmas
Day, of our oldest resident—aged 104 years.