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Tottenham 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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GENERAL STATISTICS
AREA OF DISTRICT IN ACRES 3,013
POPULATION: Census 8th April, 1951 126,929
Estimate of Registrar General of Population-
Mid-year, 1953 124,400
APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF DWELLINGS IN DISTRICT 30,561
RATEABLE VALUE OF DISTRICT at 1st April, 1953 £1,011,380
SUM REPRESENTED by PENNY RATE at 1st April, 1953 £4,040
LIVE BIRTHS-
Legitimate 1,567
1,642
Illegitimate 75
Birth Rate (per 1,000 population) 13.20
STILL BIRTHS 44
DEATHS 1,347
Death Rate (per 1,000 population) 10.83
Infantile death rate (per 1,000 live births) 26.19
Maternal death rate (per 1,000 live and still-births) 1.779
COMPARABILITY FACTORS-
Deaths 1.03
Births 0.95
(NOTE: Detailed vital statistics appear on pages 62 to 76 in
the Statistical Summary)