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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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GENERAL STATISTICS
Area of District (in acres) 3,013
Population:
Census, April, 1951 ... 126,929
1958 1959
Mid-year:; Registrar General's
estimate 117,700 116,100
Rateable Value at 1st April £1,742,841 £1,950,099
Sum represented by penny rate £7,030 £7,940
Approximate Number of Dwellings in District 30,790 30,741
Registered live-births :
(a) Legitimate: Males 847 82
Females 779 7£
Total 1,626 1,61
(b) Illegitimate Males 58 78
Females 64 56
Total 122 134
(c) Total live-births Males 905 907
Females 843 854
Total 1.748 1.752
Birth-rate per 1,000 estimated
population: 14.86 15.09
Stillbirths
(a) Legitimate Males 6 15
Females 15 13
Total 21 28
(b) Illegitimate Males 4 2
Females 3 1
Total 7 3
(c) Total Males 10 17
Females 18 14
Total 28 31
Stillbirth rate per 1,000
total (live and still) births 15.77 17.39