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Tottenham 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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GENERAL STATISTICS
AREA OF DISTRICT IN ACRES3P 013
POPULATION: Census 8th April, 1951 26,929
Estimate of Registrar General of Population -
Mid-year, 1955 122,100
APPROXIMATE NUMBER OP DWELLINGS IN DISTRICT „ 30,710
RATEABLE VALUE OP DISTRICT at 1st April, 1955 £1 019,313
SUM REPRESENTED by PENNY RATE at 1st April, 1955 £4,070
LIVE BIRTHS -
Legitimate 1, 445
1, 511
Illegitimate 66
Birth Rate (per 1,000 population) 12,38
STILL BIRTHS 30
DEATHS 1,331
Death Rate (per 1,000 population) 10,9
Infantile death rate (per 1 000 live-births) 16,55
Maternal death rate (per 1,000 live and
sti11-births) 0,649
COMPARABILITY FACTORS -
Deaths 1.03
Births 0.95
(NOTE: Detailed vital statistics appear
on pages 55 to 63 in the
Statistical Summary, )