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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: General, Zymotic and Special Disease Death Rates for each year of the Decennium 1904—1913.

General, Zymotic and Special Disease Death Rates for each year of the Decennium 1904—1913.

YearBirthsDeathsZymotic DiseasesSmall PoxMeaslesScarlet FeverDiphtheriaWhooping CoughEnteric FeverDiarrhœaCancerInfant Mortality
190431.813.92.14.01.36.07.20.16.061.28.42124
190530.912.81.31....09.04.16.54.05.43.76115
190631.113.82.18....41.15.10.18.051.29.65131.7
190731.113.51.8....32.08.09.43.03.30.72100.0
190829.912.51.7....31.10.15.07.04.39.7495.55
190929.911.41.2....12.07.17.17.00.13.7788.63
191027.811.41.3....22.03.09.23.09.10.7086.5
191127.913.11.9....46.00.10.15.021.18.72123.0
191226611.20.7....15.01.11.26.04.16.7679.5
191325.911.11.02....21.006.16.06...0.56.8989.6

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In the above and previous similar tables the various rales have been corrected
in accordance with the Registrar General's estimated population for the different
years.
INFANT MORTALITY.
The birth rate continues to decline. The population
increased by nearly 4,000 during the past year, and the
number of births was reduced by 2. The birth rate for 1912
was 26.6, and for 1913, 25.9,
The number of deaths of children under one year of age
was 339, giving an infant mortality rate of 89.6 per 1,000.
births, an increase of 10 per 1,000 over last year's rate.
A comparison of this with last year's returns shows that
gastro-intestinal disorders accounted for more than three