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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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STATISTICAL SUMMARY.
| Year ended 31st December, 1946. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area of the District in acres | 3.014 | |||
| Pre-War Population | 144,400 | |||
| Registrar-General's estimate of the Civilian Population | ||||
| Mid-year 1946 | 124,830 | |||
| Rateable Value | £989,811 | |||
| Sum represented by a penny rate | £3,913 | |||
| Registered live births:— | Total. | Males. | Females. | |
| Legitimate | 2,467 | 1,276 | 1,191 | |
| Illegitimate | 113 | 61 | 52 | |
| 2,580 | 1.337 | 1,243 | ||
| Birth Rate (per 1,000 estimated population) | 20.7 | |||
| Total. | Males. | Females. | ||
| Legitimate | 83 | 41 | 42 | |
| Illegitimate | 5 | — | 5 | |
| 88 | 41 | 47 | ||
| Stillbirth Rate per 1.000 total (live and still) births | 32 98 | |||
| Males | 808 | |||
| Females | 683 | Total | 1,491 | |
| Death Rate (per 1,000 estimated Population | 11.94 | |||
| Deaths from Cancer—Males 142: Femals 124 | 266 | |||
| Deaths from Diphtheria | — | |||
| Deaths from Measles | 2 | |||
| Deaths from Whooping Cough | 4 | |||
| Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 6 | |||