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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
Southgate 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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TABLE A 1.
Vital Statistics for the year 1898 tabulated.
| Estimated Population 14,000. | ||
| (Last Census 10,970.) | ||
| Area of District 3,836 acres. | ||
| Births. | 310 | |
| Birth rate (per 1000 of the population). | 22.1 | |
| Deaths. | 150 | |
| Death-rate (per 1000 of the population). | 10.7 | |
| Infantile death-rate (deaths under 1 year per 1000 births registered). | 122 | |
| Zymotic death rate (per 1000 of the population). | 1.9 | |
| Percentages of Deaths to Total Deaths. | Under 1 year. | 24.6 |
| Over 65 years. | 24 0 | |
| The seven principal Zymotic diseases. | 18.0 | |
| Phthisis. | 4.0 | |
| Other diseases of respiratory organs. | 14.0 | |
| Cancer. | 6.6 | |
| Influenza. | 5.3 | |
| Measles. | 2.0 | |
| Diarrhoea. | 8.6 | |
| Whooping Cough. | 4.0 | |
The II deaths which occurred at the Metropolitan Asylums Board
Hospital, at Winchmore Hill, are not taken into account in this table.