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Tottenham 1927

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]

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Table: Ministry of Health Table 111.TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year1927in the Tottenham Urban Sanitary District, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

Ministry of Health Table 111.

TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year1927in the Tottenham Urban Sanitary District, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

Causes of DeathDeaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring in or beyond the DistrictDeaths at all ages of "Residents" belonging to Localities, whether occurring in or beyond the DistrictTotal Deaths, whether of "Residents" or "non-Residents" in Institutions in the District.
All AgesUnder 1 year1 and under 22 and under 55 and under 15.15 and under 2525 and under 3535 and under 4545 and under 5555 and under 6565 and under 7575 and under 8585 and upwardsBruce Grove & Stoneleigh.Chestnuts.Green Lanes.Park and Coleraine.Stamford Hill.Town Hall.West Green.White Hart Lane.
Enteric Fever..................................................................
Small Pox..................................................................
Measles...............................................................12
Scarlet Fever3......12........................111...............5
Whooping Cough116221........................11...2...42122
Diphtheria13...1561.....................1141122136
Influenza4722...2...157781213535681071
Erysipelas..................................................................
Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)134......123142222493......222691291813251
Tuberculous Meningitis10...1441.....................11...121137
Other Tuberculous Diseases811...111...12.........12...2...1...24
Cancer, malignant disease2101......1...416376052363222618342520362952
Rheumatic Fever13.........451......111...21...22...422
Meningitis102......32111............2...213...114
Heart Disease2395......17682540557022403820282624392428
Bronchitis1717121124132849511224172019272219233
Pneumonia (all forms)15225168946101321229919289121227182725
Other diseases of respiratory organs33.........1...244688...8...538144...
Diarrhœa and Enteritis66....................................1......12...2...
Appendicitis and Typhlitis10............21232.........1211112111
Alcoholism3..................111.........1......11............
Nephritis and Bright's Disease55............632129147261254677821
Puerperal Fever3..................21...............1......1...1......
Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition5............122..................1......1111...
Congenital Debility, Malformation and Premature Birth817812...........................1316479114173
Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide46112383732122296451023712
Suicide18............1...7424......114142142
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis21...1..............................1...............12
Other Defined Diseases3781846644215254859628585436475444394677
Diseases ill-defined or unknown1............1.....................1........................
Encephalitis Lethargica21.........1....................................1...1...
Totals1664154303447777911420124431329279237242145188209199207237330