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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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Birth-rates, Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Mortality and Case-rates for Certain Infectious Diseases in the year 1950 for Tottenham compared with the Registrar-General's provisional figures based on Quarterly Returns
| England and Wales | 126 County Boroughs & Great Towns (including London) | 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Population 25,000-50,000 at 1931 Census) | London Administrative County | Tottenham | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIRTHS | -Rates per 1.000 Home Population- | ||||
| Live births | 15.8 | 17.6 | 16.7 | 17.8 | 13.35 |
| Still births | 0.37 | 0.45 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.28 |
| DEATHS | |||||
| All Causes | 11.6 | 12.3 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 10.68 |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Tuberculosis | 0.36 | 0.42 | 0.33 | 0.39 | 0.31 |
| Influenza | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.05 |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including polioencephalitis) | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Pneumonia | 0.46 | 0.49 | 0.45 | 0.48 | 0.34 |
| NOTIFICATIONS (Corrected) | |||||
| Typhoid Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1.50 | 1,56 | 1.61 | 1.23 | 2.74 |
| Whooping Cough | 3.60 | 3.97 | 3.15 | 3.21 | 3.89 |
| Diphtheria | 0.02 | 0,03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 |
| Erysipelas | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.15 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | - | - |
| Measles | 8.39 | 8.76 | 8.36 | 6.57 | 12.54 |
| Pneumonia | 0.70 | 0.77 | 0.61 | 0.50 | 0.83 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (including polioencephalitis) | |||||
| Paralytic | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.05 |
| Non-paralytic | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.03 |
| Food Poisoning | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.25 | 0.15 |
| DEATHS | -Rates per 1.000 Live Births- | ||||
| All causes under 1 year of age | 29.8 | 33.8 | 29.4 | 26.3 | 23.74 |
| Enteritis and Diarrhoea under two years of age | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.16 |
| NOTIFICATIONS (Corrected) | -Rates per 1.000 Total (Live and Still) Births- | ||||
| Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia | 5.81 | 7.43 | 4.33 | 6.03 | 5.23 |