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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
Edmonton 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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Deaths.
The total number of deaths that occurred in the district during
1898 was 783.
Of these 82 occurred in the two Institutions belonging to the
Guardians of the Poor for the Strand Union, and do not properly
belong to the vital statistics of this district, from which they have
therefore been excluded in making the subsequent calculations.
In the Edmonton Workhouse there occurred 190 deaths, of which
51 belonug to the statistics of this district.
The following table, prepared from information kindly supplied by the Registrar of Births and Deaths and by the Master of the Edmonton Workhouse, gives a classification of the population of and of the births and deaths occurring in, the Edmonton Workhouse, according to the parishes to which they severally belong:—
| Population. | Deaths. | Births. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edmonton | 158 | 51 | 9 |
| Tottenham | 205 | 66 | 10 |
| Hornsey | 42 | 20 | 3 |
| South Hornsey | 26 | 15 | 0 |
| Enfield | 64 | 16 | 3 |
| Wood Green | 25 | 8 | 1 |
| Southgate | 12 | 2 | 4 |
| Cheshunt | 22 | 4 | 1 |
| Waltham | 25 | 8 | 1 |
| Total | 579 | 190 | 32 |
I have information respecting 44 deaths of Edmonton residents
occurring without the district, which I have included in the table of
deaths.
Death Rate of District.
The number of deaths occurring in the district of persons belonging
thereto was 511, to which should be added for the purpose of calculating
the death rate, the 51 deaths of Edmonton residents which took place
in the Edmonton Workhouse, and the 44 deaths of Edmonton residents
which occurred without the district, making a total of 606.
This with the estimated population of the district (35,836) plus the
proportion of inmates of Edmonton Workhouse belonging to the
district (158), total 35,994, gives a crudedeath rate of 16.81 per 1000.