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Tottenham 1893

Report of the health of Tottenham for the year 1893

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Zymotic Diseases.
The number of deaths under this class amounted to 303, 133 of
which were referred to public institutions, and were of patients from
outside districts.
The death-rate from the principal Zymotic Diseases was equal to
2'2 per 1000, against 2-6 in 1892, and l-7 in 1891.
Last year the mortality from these diseases was 2'8 in greater
London, 2-9 in inner London, and 2-0 in the outer ring.
Number of deaths from Zymotic Diseases in Tottenham daring
the year 1893:—
Small Pox 1
Measles 12
Scarlet Fever 145
Diphtheria 50
Whooping Cough 17
Fever 17
Diarrhœa 61
303

Table: Table of population, births, and new cases of infectious sickness, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year 1893, in the Urban Sanitary District of Tottenham, classified acccording to diseases and ages.

Table of population, births, and new cases of infectious sickness, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year 1893, in the Urban Sanitary District of Tottenham, classified acccording to diseases and ages.

Population at all Ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.1234567891011
Census, 1891.Estimated to middle of 1893.j Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
Typhus. _Enteric.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
70,27875,0002,580under 541594714...22............4
5 and upwds584921154...1241...13...75
Total6265116218...1461...13...79