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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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STATISTICAL SUMMARY.
Year ended 31st December, 1944.
Area of the District in acres 3,014
Registrar-General's estimate of the Civilian Population
Mid-year 1944 108,180
Rateable Value £974,781
Sum represented by a penny rate £3,875
Births and Deaths.
Registered live births:— Total. Males. Females.
Legitimate 1,961 1,022 939
Illegitimate 105 51 54
2,066 1,073 993
Birth Rate (per 1,000 estimated population) 19.09
Stillbirths Total. Males. Females.
Legitimate 47 29 18
Illegitimate 7 4 3
54 33 21
Stillbirth Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 25 47
Deaths Males 721
Females 635 Total 1,356
Death Rate (per 1,000 estimated population) 12.53
Deaths from Cancer—Males 127 : Females 109 236
Deaths from Diphtheria 3
Deaths from Measles 1
Deaths from Whooping Cough 3
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 12