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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: General, Zymotic and Special Disease Death Rates for each year of the Decenniutn 1905—1914.

General, Zymotic and Special Disease Death Rates for each year of the Decenniutn 1905—1914.

YearBirthsDeathsZymotic DiseasesSmall PoxMeaslesScarlet FeverDiphtheriaWhooping CoughEnteric FeverDiarrhœaCancerInfant Mortality
190530.912.81.31....09.04.16.54.05.43.76115
190631.113.8218....41.15.10.18.051.29.65131.7
190731.113.51.8....32.08.09.43.03.30.72100.0
190829.91.251.7....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
191226.611.20.7....15.01.11.26.04.16.7679.5
191325.911.11.02....21.006.16.06...0.56.8989.6
191426.011.32.96....08.053.24.16.02.38.8289.5

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In the above and previous similar tables the various rates have been
corrected in accordance with the Registrar General's estimated population
for the different years.
INFANT MORTALITY.
The birth rate showed some indication of recovery during the
year 1914. Whereas in 1913 the birth rate was 25 9, in 1914 it
increased to 26.0 per thousand. The increase is small, but it is
welcomed. The actual number of births was 3,896 ; in 1913 it was
3,781—an increase in 1914 of 115.
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Of children under 1 year of age, 349 died, an increase of 10 over
deaths at a similar age in 1913; and the infant mortality rate, i.e. the
number of deaths per thousand births, equalled 89.5. The rate for
19.13 was 89.6.
The defined diseases that mainly contributed to the infant mortality
were, Whooping Cough 16, Bronchitis 22, Pneumonia 49, Diarrhoea
and Enteritis 48, Congenital Debility, Malformations and Premature