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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Statistics of Tottenham for the Last Twenty Years.
| Year | Population | Deaths | Death Rate | Births | Birth Rate | Infantile Deaths | Infant Death Rate | Number of Cases | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Typhoid Fever | Small Pox | ||||||||
| 1931 | 159.300 | 1.621 | 10.2 | 2.345 | 14.7 | 124 | 52.9 | 19 | 571 | 220 | 6 | 7 |
| 1932 | 156.800 | 1.591 | 10.1 | 2.214 | 14.2 | 114 | 51.4 | 37 | 452 | 149 | 4 | 5 |
| 1933 | 154.700 | 1.618 | 10.5 | 2.138 | 13.8 | 118 | 55.2 | 35 | 551 | 194 | 5 | 4 |
| 1934 | 152.694 | 1.57 2 | 10.3 | 2.091 | 13.7 | 108 | 51.6 | 34 | 628 | 300 | 1 | - |
| 1935 | 150.310 | 1.456 | 9.7 | 1.969 | 13.1 | 108 | 54.8 | 41 | 577 | 286 | 3 | - |
| 1936 | 148.600 | 1.600 | 10.8 | 1.931 | 13.0 | 100 | 51.8 | 37 | 430 | 227 | 5 | - |
| 1937 | 146.200 | 1.617 | 11.1 | 1.973 | 13.5 | 126 | 63.9 | 36 | 306 | 236 | 7 | - |
| 1938 | 144.400 | 1.512 | 10.5 | 1.893 | 13.1 | 89 | 47.0 | 23 | 186 | 221 | - | - |
| 1939 | 142.400* 136.000 | 1.406 | 10.3 | 1.776* 1.739 | 12.5 | 66 | 37.95 | 15 | 335 | 60 | - | - |
| 1940 | 119.400 | 1.703 | 14.26 | 1.666* 1.559 | 13.95 | 64 | 41.05 | 20 | 103 | 28 | 5 | - |
| 1941 | 105.620 | 1.418 | 13.43 | 1.560* 1.316 | 14.77 | 61 | 46.35 | 13 | 103 | 73 | 4 | - |
| 1942 | 110.100 | 1.349 | 12.25 | 1.819 | 16.52 | 79 | 43.43 | 12 | 295 | 75 | 1 | |
| 1943 | 110.350 | 1.513 | 13.71 | 1.970 | 17.85 | 86 | 43.65 | 9 | 340 | 107 | - | - |
| 1944 | 108.180 | 1.356 | 12.53 | 2.066 | 19.09 | 87 | 42.11 | 13 | 206 | 44 | - | - |
| 1945 | 110.600 | 1.371 | 12.40 | 1.988 | 17.97 | 78 | 39.24 | 14 | 214 | 47 | - | - |
| 1946 | 124.830 | 1.491 | 11.94 | 2.580 | 20.67 | 88 | 34.11 | 13 | 323 | 83 | - | - |
| 1947 | 129.140 | 1.461 | 11.31 | 2.785 | 21.57 | 76 | 27.29 | 24 | 272 | 22 | 1 | - |
| 1948 | 130.000 | 1.377 | 10.59 | 2.233 | 17.18 | 53 | 23.73 | 5 | 260 | 3 | - | - |
| 1949 | 130.040 | 1.440 | 11.07 | 2.009 | 15.45 | 50 | 24.89 | 16 | 251 | 4 | - | - |
| 1950 | 129.400 | 1.382 | 10.68 | 1.727 | 13.85 | 41 | 23.74 | 9 | 356 | 3 | - | - |
* For the years 1939-1941 alternative birth figures were given by the Registrar General:(a)
lor calculation of birth rates; and
(b) for calculation of death rates or the incidence of notifiable diseases.
Likewise for the year 1939 only, two population figures were given:(a)
for calculation of birth rates; and
(b) for calculation of death rates, etc.