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Health Department,
Town Hall,
Tottenham, N.15.
June, 1938.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Borough of Tottenham.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present the Report upon the Health of the
Borough and the work of the Council's Medical Services for the year
ended the 31st December, 1937.
During the year, the Authority suffered the loss, by retirement, of
my predecessor, Dr. David C. Kirkhope, who for twenty.four years
laboured unceasingly in the interests of the health of the public in
Tottenham. It came as a great shock to all those who were engaged with
him in the Public Health Service, that, within only three months of his
retirement from the position of Medical Officer of Health, his death
should occur.
The Report I now place before you is mainly statistical, and the
information is supplied in strict accordance with the requirements of
the Ministry of Health and the Board of Education.
Vital Statistics.
The last census of 1931 showed the population of the Borough of
Tottenham to be 157,772 persons. The Registrar.General's estimate of
the population for 1937 was 146,200. The number of births registered
during 1937 was 1,973, the Birth Rate per thousand of the population
being 13.5. The deaths of Tottenham residents certified during the
year numbered 1,617, giving a general Death Rate of 11.1 per thousand
of the population, compared with 1,600 deaths and a rate of 10.8 in the
previous year.