London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Tottenham 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Note: (a) Absolute numbers are given in parenthesis in addition to rates to afford valid comparison
(b) Provisional
| District | Population mid-1958 | Live birth rate per 1000 population | Death rate per 1000 population | Specific death rates per 1000 population | Infant mortality per 1000 live births | Maternal mortality per 1000 total births (a) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude | Adjusted | Crude | Adjusted | Pulmonary Tuberculosis (a) | Cancer (a) | Infant (a) | Neo-natal (a) | ||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | |||||
| Acton | 65,360 | 15.1 | 14.2 | 11.0 | 11.4 | 0.06 | (4) | 2.2 | (147) | 22.2 | (22) | 18. 2 | (18) | - | (-) |
| Brentford & Chiswick | 57,150 | 14. 0 | 13. 2 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 0.12 | (7) | 2.2 | (127) | 17.5 | (14) | 12.5 | (10) | 1.23 | (1) |
| Ealing | 183,000 | 14.4 | 14.0 | 10.4 | 11.2 | 0.05 | (10) | 2.2 | (398) | 14.8 | (39) | 11.4 | (30) | - | (-) |
| Edmonton | 95,180 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 9.9 | 11.2 | 0.07 | (7) | 2.1 | (200) | 17. 0 | (21) | 13.0 | (16) | 0.80 | (1) |
| Enfield | 109,300 | 13. 8 | 13.8 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 0.06 | (7) | 2. 1 | (228) | 19.2 | (29) | 15.2 | (23) | - | (-) |
| Feltham | 50,780 | 16.6 | 16.1 | 7.4 | 11.7 | 0.02 | (1) | 1.4 | (73) | 21.3 | (18) | 16.6 | (14) | - | (-) |
| Finchley | 69,080 | 13.1 | 12.6 | 11. 9 | 10.8 | 0.03 | (2) | 2.2 | (153) | 20. 0 | (18) | 10.0 | (9) | 1.09 | (1) |
| Friern Barnet | 28, 540 | 11.5 | 12.9 | 14. 1 | 9.0 | 0.04 | (1) | 2.2 | (62) | 12.2 | (4) | 3.0 | (1) | - | (-) |
| Harrow | 214,300 | 13.2 | 13.5 | 9.3 | 11.1 | 0.04 | (8) | 1.9 | (414) | 17.0 | (48) | 13.8 | (39) | 0.70 | (2) |
| Hayes & Harlington | 67,780 | 16.6 | 15.6 | 7.4 | 12.0 | 0.06 | (4) | 1.5 | (101) | 15.1 | (17) | 13.3 | (15) | - | (-) |
| Hendon | 151,500 | 12.9 | 12.4 | 10.4 | 11.1 | 0.07 | (10) | 2.2 | (330) | 13.9 | (27) | 10.3 | (20) | 0.51 | (1) |
| Heston & Isleworth | 105,100 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 10. 6 | 11.3 | 0.05 | (5) | 2.0 | (214) | 16.6 | (21) | 12.7 | (16) | - | (-) |
| Hornsey | 96,670 | 18.1 | 16.8 | 11.8 | 10.6 | 0.06 | (6) | 2.2 | (214) | 18.9 | (33) | 16. 6 | (29) | - | (-) |
| Potters Bar | 22,000 | 18.1 | 16.3 | 7.7 | 10.6 | 0.18 | (4) | 1.4 | (31) | 10. 1 | (4) | 5.0 | (2) | - | (-) |
| Ruislip-Northwood | 74,930 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 8.0 | 10.1 | 0.04 | (3) | 1.8 | (137) | 12.9 | (13) | 9.9 | (10) | - | (-) |
| Southall | 52,830 | 15.5 | 16.0 | 12.0 | 10.1 | 0.08 | (4) | 2.6 | (136) | 20.7 | (17) | 15.9 | (13) | - | (-) |
| Southgate | 70,940 | 11.4 | 12.3 | 13.3 | 10.9 | 0.11 | (8) | 2.2 | (155) | 21.0 | (17) | 16.1 | (13) | - | (-) |
| Staines | 46, 850 | 18.2 | 16.7 | 8.8 | 11.2 | 0.02 | (1) | 2.0 | (94) | 23.5 | (20) | 15.3 | (13) | - | (-) |
| Sunbury | 28,440 | 19.6 | 17.6 | 10.5 | 11.9 | 0.14 | (4) | 2.0 | (58) | 14.4 | (8) | 5.4 | (3) | - | (-) |
| Twickenham | 103,500 | 13.3 | 13.7 | 11.4 | 10.8 | 0.13 | (13) | 2.1 | (222) | 24.0 | (33) | 17.4 | (24) | - | (-) |
| Uxbridge | 63,120 | 17.7 | 16.1 | 9.9 | 12. 9 | 0.06 | (4) | 1.9 | (119) | 29. 6 | (33) | 26. 9 | (30) | 0. 88 | (1) |
| Wembley | 126,800 | 12.0 | 12.1 | 8.8 | 10.3 | 0.06 | (7) | 2.1 | (262) | 19.1 | (29) | 12.5 | (19) | - | (-) |
| Willesden | 173,100 | 18.6 | 17.1 | 10.0 | 11.3 | 0.08 | (14) | 2.1 | (363) | 21.5 | (69) | 16.5 | (53) | 0.61 | (2) |
| Wood Green | 49,100 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 11.7 | 11.3 | 0.08 | (4) | 2.6 | (129) | 23.6 | (15) | 15.7 | (10) | 1. 54 | (1) |
| Yiewsley & West Drayton | 23,950 | 17.2 | 15.5 | 7.3 | 10.5 | (-) | 1.4 | (34) | 19.4 | (8) | 14.5 | (6) | 4.75 | (2) | |
| COUNTY | 2,247,000 | 14. 5 | 14.2 | 10.3 | 11. 1 | 0.07 | (148) | 2. 1 | (4698) | 18.9 | (615) | 14.2 | (464) | 0.39 | (13) |
| England & Wales | 45, 109,000 | 16.4 (b) | 11.7 | 0.09 | 4000) | 2. 1 | (95,799) | 22.5 | (16,620) | 16. 2 | (11,969) | 0.43 | (326) | ||