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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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 | Smallpox | ||||||||
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 | (142,4001) (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 | 15 | 251 | 4 | - | - |
1950 | 129,400 | 1.382 | 10.68 | 1,727 | 13.35 | 41 | 23.74 | 9 | 356 | 3 | - | - |
1951 | 126.800 | 1,520 | 11.99 | 1,673 | 13.19 | 43 | 25.70 | 5 | 245 | - | - | - |
1952 | 125,800 | 1,415 | 11.25 | 1,666 | 13.24 | 34 | 20 41 | 1 | 356 | - | - | - |
1953 | 124.400 | 1,347 | 10.83 | 1,642 | 13.20 | 43 | 26.19 | 1 | 215 | 1 | - | - |
1954 | 123.200 | 1,187 | 9.63 | 1,524 | 12.37 | 27 | 17.72 | 1 | 92 | - | 1 | - |
* For the years 1939 - 1941 alternative birth figures were given by the Registrar General:-
(a) for 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.
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