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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PART VI
STATISTICAL SUMMARY
Area of the District in acres | 3,013 | |||
Pre-War Population | 144,400 | |||
Registrar General's estimate of the Population:- | ||||
Mid-year, 1950 | 129,400 | |||
Rateable Value | £1,009,477 | |||
Sum represented by penny rate | £4,060 | |||
Registered live-births: | ||||
legitimate | 1,644 | 836 | 808 | |
Illegitimate | 83 | 39 | 44 | |
1,727 | 875 | 852 | ||
Birth Rate (per 1,000 estimated population) | 13.35 | |||
Legitimate | 28 | 15 | 13 | |
Illegitimate | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
33 | 20 | 13 | ||
Stillbirth Rate per 1,000 total (live & still) births | 18.75 | |||
Males 704 | Total 1,382 | |||
Females 678 | ||||
Death rate (per 1,000 estimated population) | 10.68 | |||
Deaths from Cancer-Males, 142; Females 120 | 262 | |||
Deaths from Diphtheria | - | |||
Deaths from Measles | - | |||
Deaths from Whooping Cough | 1 | |||
Deaths from Diarrhoea | 2 |