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Tottenham 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]

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Statistics of Tottenham for the last Twenty Years

YearPopulationDeathsDeath RateBirthsBirth RateInfantile DeathsInfant Death RateNumber of CasesCancer Deaths
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal PyrexiaScarlet FeverDiphtheriaTuberculosis
RespiratoryOther Forms
1937146 2001,61711.11,97313.512663.93630623617834237
1938144 4001,51210.51,89313.18947.02318622117838207
1939(142,400*) (136,000 )1,40610.3(1.776*) (1.739 )12.56637.95153356018230209
1940119, 4001,70314.26(1,666*) (1,559 )13.956441.05201032817819225
1941105, 6201,41813.43(1, 560*) (1,316 )14.776146.35131037316128194
19 42110,1001, 34912.251,81916.527943.43122957516421229
1943110 ,3501, 51313.711,97017.858643.65934010717424232
1944108 ,1801,35612.532 ,06619.098742.11132064416920236
1945110,6001, 37112.401,98817.977839.24142144713916213
1946124.8301,49111.942,58020.678834.11133238319824266
1947129 1401,46111. 312,78521.577627.29242722217118223
1948130 0001,37710.592,23317.185323.735260318419272
1949130,0401,44011.072,00915. 455024.8915251421022264
1950129 4001,38210.681,72713. 354123.749356316113262
1951126 8001,52011.991,67313. 194325.705245-1929273
1952125, 8001,41511. 251,66613.243420.411356-16316277
1953124 4001,34710.831,64213.204326.191215114320284
1954123 2001,1879.631,52412.372717.72192-1265251
1955122 1001,33110.91,51112.382516.55175112618308
1956120 7001,25210.41,56012.923824.361801929281

* 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 population figures were given
(a) for calculation of birth rates and
(b) for calculation of death rates, etc.