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Tottenham 1954
[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, 195 1 126,929
Estimate of Registrar General of Population -
Mid-year, 1954 123,200
APPR3XIMATE NUMBER OF DWELLINGS IN DISTRICT 30,641
RATEABLE VALUE OF DISTRICT at 1st April, 1954 £1,011,293
SUM REPRESENTED by PENNY RATE at 1st April, 19 54 £4,070
LIVE BIRTHS -
Legitimate 1,462
1, 524
Illegitimate 62
Birth Rate (per 1,000 population) 12.37
STILL BIRTHS 36
DEATHS 1, 187
Death Rate (per 1,000 population) 9.63
Infantile death rate (per 1,000 live births) 17.72
Maternal death rate (per 1,000 live and
sti1I-births) 0.641
COMPARABILITY FACTORS -
Deaths 1.03
Births 0.95
(NOTE: Detailed vital statistics appear on pages
61 to 69 in the Statistical Summary).