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Tottenham 1957
[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 Population -
Mid-year, 1957 119,300
APPROXIMATE NUMBER OP DWELLINGS IN DISTRICT 30,691
RATEABLE VALUE OP DISTRICT at 1st April, 1957 £1,737,776
SUM REPRESENTED BY PENNY RATE at 1st April, 1957 £7,009
LIVE BIRTHS
Legitimate 1,554
Illegitimate 104 1 658
Birth Rate (per 1,000 population) 1390
STILL BIRTHS , 33
DEATHS 1,314
Death Rate (per 1,000 population) 1102
Infantile death rate (per 1,000 live births) 2533
Maternal death rate (per 1,000 live and
still-births) 1183
COMPARABILITY FACTORS
Deaths 107
Births 0 97
NOTE: Detailed vital statistics appear
on pages 68 to 78 in the
Statistical Summary)