London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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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Table: PART VISTATISTICAL SUMMARY

PART VI

STATISTICAL SUMMARY

Area of the District in acres3,013
Pre-War Population144,400
Registrar General's estimate of the Population:-
Mid-year, 1950129,400
Rateable Value£1,009,477
Sum represented by penny rate£4,060
Births and Deaths
Registered live-births:TotalMalesFemales
legitimate1,644836808
Illegitimate833944
1,727875852
Birth Rate (per 1,000 estimated population)13.35
Stillbirths:TotalMalesFemales
Legitimate281513
Illegitimate550
332013
Stillbirth Rate per 1,000 total (live & still) births18.75
DeathsMales 704Total 1,382
Females 678
Death rate (per 1,000 estimated population)10.68
Deaths from Cancer-Males, 142; Females 120262
Deaths from Diphtheria-
Deaths from Measles-
Deaths from Whooping Cough1
Deaths from Diarrhoea2