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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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DEATHS.
The total number of deaths registered in Tottenham was 1,021
Of these, the number of non-residents was 194
Deaths of residents registered in the district 827
Deaths of residents registered outside the district 581
1,408
Deaths of residents under 1 year occurring in district 127
Deaths of residents under 1 year occurring outside district 53
Total deaths of Tottenham infants 180
These deaths are distributed according to age and sex as follows :—
Males. Females
Deaths under 1 year 120 60
Deaths from 1 to 5 years 40 27
Deaths from 5 to 15 years 24 25
Deaths from 15 to 25 years 29 50
Deaths from 25 to 65 years 286 250
Deaths 65 and upwards 211 286
710 698
The excess of births over deaths is 1,685.
The death rate equalled 9.12 per 1,000 of the population.