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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 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham District]

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Table: Table showing the Annual Deaths and Death Rates from Special Diseases during the Quinquennium,1909-1913.

Table showing the Annual Deaths and Death Rates from Special Diseases during the Quinquennium,1909-1913.

Disease19091910191119121913
No. of DeathsRate per 1000No. of DeathsRate per 1000No. of DeathsRate per 1000No. of DeathsRate per 1000No. of DeathsRate per 1000
Small Pox..............................
Scarlet Fever10.074.031.0072.0141.006
Diphtheria22.1713.0914.10116.11224.164
Typhoid Fever1.0011.093.0216.04......
Measles16.1230.2265.46922.15432.219
Diarrhœa18.1314.101641.18524.16983.569
Phthisis69.5374.551391.004142.999131.898
Whooping Cough23.1731.2321.15133.26710.068
Puerperal Fever4.033.023.0214.0283.020
Cancer100.7793.70100.722109.767130.892

Table: Table showing Population, and General and Zymotic Death Rates for1913,as compared with the Six Previous Census Years.

Table showing Population, and General and Zymotic Death Rates for1913,as compared with the Six Previous Census Years.

YearPopulation of TottenhamDeath Rate from all causesDeath Rate per 1000 from 7 principal Zymotic Diseases
186113,87519.33.4
187122.85720.64.7
188146,44116.92.8
189170,2941591.7
1901103,24314.63.7
1911138,3261311.9
1913145,7361111.02