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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 1951
[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 1951 for Tottenham compared with the Registrar General's provisional figures based on Quarterly Returns
| England and Wales | 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns (including London) | 148 Smaller Towns (Resident Population 25,000- 50,000 at 1931 Census) | London Administrative County | Tottenham | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -Rates per 1,000 Home Population | |||||
| BIRTHS | |||||
| Live births | 15. 5 | 17. 3 | 16.7 | 17.8 | 13.19 |
| Still births | 0.36 | 0.45 | 0.38 | 0.37 | 0.35 |
| DEATHS | |||||
| All causes | 12.5 | 13.4 | 12.5 | 13.1 | 11.99 |
| Typhoid and paratyphoid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0. 00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - |
| Tuberculosis | 0.31 | 0.37 | 0.31 | 0.38 | 0.28 |
| Influenza | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.38 | 0.23 | 0.13 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | - |
| Acute polio myelitis (including polioencephalitis) | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | - |
| Pneumonia | 0.61 | 0.65 | 0.63 | 0.61 | 0.70 |
| NOTIFICATIONS (CORRECTED) | |||||
| Typhoid fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | - |
| Paratyphoid fever | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | - |
| Meningococcal infection | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| Scarlet fever Whooping | 1.11 | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1.10 | 1.93 |
| Cough | 3.87 | 3.62 | 4.00 | 3.11 | 3.37 |
| Diphtheria | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 | - |
| Erysipelas | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.09 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | - |
| Measles | 14. 07 | 13.93 | 14.82 | 14.64 | 10.50 |
| Pneumonia | 0.99 | 1.04 | 0.96 | 0.72 | 0.98 |
| ACUTE POLIO MYELITIS (INCLUDING POLIOENCEPHALITIS) | |||||
| Paralytic Non | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 |
| Paralytic | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | - |
| Food poisoning | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.23 | 0.03 |
| -Rates per 1,000 Live Births- | |||||
| DEATHS | |||||
| All causes under l year of age | 29.6 | 33.9 | 27.6 | 26.4 | 25.70 |
| N0TIFICATIONS (CORRECTED) | -Rates per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births | ||||
| Puerperal fever and Pyrexia | 10.66 | 13.77 | 8.08 | 14.90 | 2.91 |