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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STATISTICS OF TOTTENHAM FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.
Year.
Population.
Deaths.
Death
Rate.
Births.
Birth
Rate.
Infantile
Deaths.
Infant
Death
Rate.
Number of Cases.
Puerperal
Fever and
Puerperal
Pyrexia.
Scarlet
Fever.
Diphtheria.
Typhoid
Fever.
Smallpox.
1919
152,508
1,564
10.2
2,711
17.7
180
66.4
483
334
7
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1920
156,020
1,465
9.3
4,064
26.0
248
61.0
8
596
492
1
—
1921
149,200
1,553
10.4
3,402
22.8
231
67.9
5
1,062
561
4
—
1922
152,000
1,703
11.2
3,167
20.8
203
64.0
6
919
400
6
—
1923
154,300
1,408
9.1
3,093
20.0
180
58.1
3
385
194
2
—
1924
156,000
1,559
9.9
2,853
18.2
176
61.6
5
367
227
6
—
1925
156,700
1,596
10.1
2,756
17.6
150
54.4
6
427
252
2
—
1926
159,500
1,545
9.6
2,601
16.3
147
56.5
4
481
495
7
—
1927
162,000
1,664
10.2
2,388
14.7
154
64.4
2
466
398
3
—
1928
165,000
1,540
9.3
2,478
15.0
133
53.7
19
594
328
1
—
1929
168,000
1,839
10.9
2,561
15.2
162
63.2
19
536
562
5
6
1930
170,000
1,569
9.2
2,510
14.8
137
54.6
22
574
541
6
131
1931
159,300
1,621
10.2
2,345
14.7
124
52.9
19
571
220
6
7
1932
156,800
1,591
10.1
2,214
14.2
114
51.4
37
452
149
4
5
1933
154,700
1,618
10.5
2,138
13.8
118
55.2
35
551
194
5
4
1934
152,694
1,572
10.3
2,091
13.7
108
51.6
34
628
300
1
—
1935
150,310
1,456
9.7
1,969
13.1
108
54.8
41
577
286
3
—
1936
148,600
1,600
10.8
1,931
13.0
100
51.8
37
430
227
5
—
1937
146,200
1,617
11.1
1,973
13.5
126
63.9
36
306
236
7
—
1938
144,400
1,512
10.5
1,893
13.1
89
47.0
23
186
221
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