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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Birth- rates, Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Mortality and Case rates for Certain Infectious Diseases in the year 1952 for Tottenham compared with the Registrar-General 's provisional figures based on Quarterly Returns
| England and Wales | 160 County Boroughs and Great Towns (including London) | 160 Smaller Towns (Resident Population 25,000 50,000 at 1951 Census) | London Administrative County | Tottenham | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rates per 1,000 Home Population | |||||
| BIRTHS | |||||
| Live births | 15.3 | 16.9 | 15.5 | 17.6 | 12.31(c) |
| Still births | ( 0.35 | 0,43 | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.29 |
| (22.6(a) | 24.6(a) | 23.0(a) | 19.2(a) | 21.15(a) | |
| DEATHS | |||||
| All causes | 11.3 | 12.1 | 11.2 | 12.6 | 11.92(c) |
| Typhoid and paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - |
| Tuberculosis | 0.24 | 0.28 | 0.22 | 0.31 | 0.22 |
| Influenza | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | - | - | - | - |
| Acute poliomyelitis (including polioencephalitis) | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | - |
| Pneumonia | 0.47 | 0.52 | 0.43 | 0.58 | 0.51 |
| NOTIFICATIONS (CORRECTED) | |||||
| Typhoid fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - |
| Paratyphoid fever | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| Meningococcal infection | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 |
| Scarlet fever | 1.53 | 1.75 | 1.58 | 1.56 | 2.83 |
| Whooping Cough | 2.61 | 2.74 | 2.57 | 1.66 | 1.10 |
| Diphtheria | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.01 | - |
| Erysipelas | 0. 14 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.10 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | - |
| Measles | 8.86 | 10.11 | 8.49 | 9.23 | 13.82 |
| Pneumonia | 0.72 | 0.80 | 0.62 | 0.57 | 0.64 |
| Acute poliomyelitis (including polioence Phalitis) | |||||
| Paralytic | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
| Non paralytic | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 |
| Pood poisoning | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.11 | 0.18 | 0.07 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 17.87(a) | 23,94(a) | 10.22(a) | 30.77(a) | 0.01 |
| Rates per 1,000 Live Births | |||||
| DEATHS | |||||
| All causes | |||||
| under 1 year of age | 27.6(b) | 31.2 | 25.8 | 23.8 | 20.41 |
(a) Per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births
(b) Per 1,000 related Live Births
(c) Corrected by comparability factors