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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Table I STATISTICS OF TOTTENHAM FOR THE LAST TWENTY YEARS.
| Number of Cases. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Population | Deaths | Death Rate | Births | Birth Rate | Infantile Deaths | Infant Death Rate | Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Typhoid Fever | Small-Pox |
| 1930 | 170,000 | 1,569 | 9.2 | 2,510 | 14.8 | 137 | 54.6 | 22 | 574 | 541 | 6 | 131 |
| 1931 | 159,300 | 1,621 | 10.2 | 2,345 | 14.7 | 124 | 52.9 | 19 | 571 | 220 | 6 | 7 |
| 1932 | 156,800 | 1,591 | 10.1 | 2,214 | 14.2 | 114 | 51.4 | 37 | 452 | 149 | 4 | 5 |
| 1933 | 154,700 | 1,618 | 10.5 | 2,138 | 13.8 | 118 | 55.2 | 35 | 551 | 194 | 5 | 4 |
| 1934 | 152,694 | 1,572 | 10.3 | 2,091 | 13.7 | 108 | 51.6 | 34 | 628 | 300 | 1 | _ |
| 1935 | 150,310 | 1,456 | 9.7 | 1,969 | 13.1 | 108 | 54.8 | 41 | 577 | 286 | 3 | _ |
| 1936 | 148,600 | 1,600 | 10.8 | 1,931 | 13.0 | 100 | 51.8 | 37 | 430 | 227 | 5 | _ |
| 1937 | 146,200 | 1,617 | 11.1 | 1,973 | 13.5 | 126 | 63.9 | 36 | 306 | 236 | 7 | _ |
| 1938 | 144,400 | 1,512 | 10.5 | 1,893 | 13.1 | 89 | 47.0 | 23 | 186 | 221 | _ | _ |
| 1939 | 142,400* | 10.3 | 11,776* | 12.5 | 66 | 37.95 | 15 | 335 | 60 | — | — | |
| 136,000 | 1,739 | |||||||||||
| 1940 | 119,400 | 1,703 | 14.26 | 1,666* | 13.95 | 64 | 41.05 | 20 | 103 | 28 | 5 | — |
| 1,559 | ||||||||||||
| 1941 | 105,620 | 1,418 | 13.43 | 1,560* | | 14.77 | 61 | 46.35 | 13 | 103 | 73 | 4 | — |
| 1 1,316 | ||||||||||||
| 1942 | 110,100 | 1,349 | 12.25 | 1,819 | 16.52 | 79 | 43.43 | 12 | 295 | 75 | 1 | _ |
| 1943 | 110,350 | 1,513 | 13.71 | 1,970 | 17.85 | 86 | 43.65 | 9 | 340 | 107 | — | _ |
| 1944 | 108,180 | 1,356 | 12.53 | 2,066 | 19.09 | 87 | 42.11 | 13 | 206 | 44 | _ | _ |
| 1945 | 110,600 | 1,371 | 12.40 | 1,988 | 17.97 | 78 | 39.24 | 14 | 214 | 47 | _ | _ |
| 1946 | 124,830 | 1,491 | 11.94 | 2,580 | 20.67 | 88 | 34.11 | 13 | 323 | 83 | _ | _ |
| 1947 | 129,140 | 1,461 | 11.31 | 2,785 | 21.57 | 76 | 27.29 | 24 | 272 | 22 | 1 | _ |
| 1948 | 130,000 | 1,377 | 10.59 | 2,233 | 17.18 | 53 | 23.73 | 5 | 260 | 3 | _ | — |
| 1949 | 130,040 | 1,440 | 11.07 | 2,009 | 15.45 | 50 | 24.89 | 15 | 251 | 4 | ||
♦For the years 1939—1941 alternative birth figures were given by the Registrar-General:—
(a) for calculation of birth rates; and
(b) for calculation of death rates or the incidence of notifiable diseases.
Likewise for the year 1939 only, two populatjon figures were given:—
(a) for calculation of birth rates; and (b) for calculation of death rates, etc.