Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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DEATHS.
The total number of deaths registered in Tottenham was | 1,090 |
Of these, the number of non-residents was | 222 |
Deaths of residents registered in the district | 868 |
Deaths of residents registered outside the district | 677 |
1,545 | |
Deaths of residents under 1 year occurring in district | 97 |
Deaths of residents under 1 year occurring outside district | 50 |
Total deaths of Tottenham infants | 147 |
These deaths are distributed in age groups as follows:—
Deaths under 1 year | 147 |
Deaths from 1 to 5 years | 83 |
Deaths from 5 to 15 years | 47 |
Deaths from 15 to 25 years | 81 |
Deaths from 25 to 65 years | 579 |
Deaths 65 and upwards | 608 |
1,545 |
The excess of births over deaths is 1,056.
The death rate equalled 9.6 per 1,000 of the population.
The death occurred, in the North Middlesex Hospital, on Christmas
Day, of our oldest resident—aged 104 years.