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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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GENERAL STATISTICS
Area of District in Acres 3,01.3
Population: Estimate of Registrar General of
Population-
Mid-year, 1950 129,400
Pre-War Population 144,400
Approximate Number of Dwellings in District 30,327
Rateable Value of District £1,009,477
Sum Represented by Penny Rate £4,060
Live Births-
Legitimate 1,641
1,727
Illegitimate 83
Birth rate (per 1,000 population) 13.35
Still Births 33
Deaths 1,382
Death rate (per 1,000 population) 10.68
Infantile death rate (per 1,000 live births) 23.74
Maternal death rate (per 1,000 live & still-births) 0.00
Comparability Factors-
Deaths 1.07
Births 0.94
(note:- Detailed vital statistics appear on pages 51 to 59 in
the Statistical Summary).