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Tottenham 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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GENERAL STATISTICS
AREA OP DISTRICT IN ACRES 3,013
POPULATION Census 8th April, 1951 126,929
Estimate of Registrar General of PopulationMid-year,
1956 120,700
APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF DWELLINGS IN DISTRICT 30,688
RATEABLE VALUE OF DISTRICT at 1st April, 1956 ... £1,827,527
SUM REPRESENTED by PENNY RATE at 1st April, 1956 £7,285
LIVE BIRTHS:
Legitimate 1,480
1,560
Illegitimate 80
Birth Rate (per 1,000 population) 12.92
STILL BIRTHS 37
DEATHS 1,252
Death Rate (per 1,000 population)
Infantile death rate (per 1,000 live births) 24,36
Maternal death rate (per 1,000 live and
still-births) 1,252
COMPARABILITY FACTORS
Deaths 1.09
Births 0.97
(NOTE Detailed vital statistics appear
on pages 69 to 77 in the
Statistical Summary.)