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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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The following table shows the distribution of the deaths
in the different wards of the district and months of the year.
CANCER.
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April | May | June | J«iy | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harringay | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | I | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | |
| West Green | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 22 |
| St. Ann's | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | 15 | |
| High Cross | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 20 |
| Middle | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 30 |
| Lower | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 27 |
| Total | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 17 | 130 |
VIOLENCE.
There were 53 Deaths from violence, 6 of these being
suicidal. 52 deaths resulted from a similar cause last
year.
33 of this year's deaths occurred among males, and 20
among females.
8 fatalities were due to drowning, 7 to being knocked
down (3 by Motor 'bus, 2 by train, 1 by tram car, and 1 by
bicycle), 7 to falls, 6 to suffocation in bed, 4 to burns, 2 to
hanging, 2 to blows on head, 2 to cut throat, 2 to coal gas
poisoning, 2 to scalds, 2 to bullet wounds (one being a
murder), and the remainder to various other causes.