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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 1914

[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,1910.1914.

Table showing the Annual Deaths and Death Rates from Special Diseases during the Quinquennium,1910.1914.

Disease19101911191219131914
No. of DeathsRate per 1000No. of DeathsRate per 1000No. of DeathsRate per 1000No. of DeathsRate per 1000No. of DeathsRate per 1000
Small Pox..............................
Scarlet Fever4031.0072.0141.0068.053
Diphtheria13.0914.10116.11224.16437.247
Typhoid Fever11.093.0216.04......4.026
Measles30.2265.46922.15432.21913.086
Diarrhœa14.101641.18524.16983.56958.387
Phthisis74.551391.004142.999131.898149.996
Whooping Cough31.2321.15138.26710.06824.160
Puerperal Fever3.023.0214.0283.0205.033
Cancer93.70100.722109.767130.892124.829

Table: Table showing Population, and General and Zymotic Death Rates for1914,as compared with the Six Previous Census Years.

Table showing Population, and General and Zymotic Death Rates for1914,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
189170,29415.91.7
1901103,24314.63.7
1911138,32613.11.9
1914149,49511.32.96