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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 1960
[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 1959 1960
Mid-year: Registrar General's
estimate 116,100 115,030
Rateable Value as at 1st April £1,950,099 £1,964,652
Sum represented by penny rate £7,940 £8,020
Approximate Number of Dwellings in District 30,741 30,946
Registered live-births
Males 907 979
Females 845 947
Total 1,752 1,926
Birth-rate per 1,000 estimated population: 15.09 16.75
No. of live births which were illegitimate 134 164
(7.7%) (8.5%)
Stillbirths
Males 17 16
Females 14 12
Total 31 28
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 17.39 14.38
No. of Stillbirths which were illegitimate 3 Nil
(9.7%)
Deaths:
Males 701 660
Females 651 670
Total 1,352 1,330
Death-rate per 1,000 estimated population 11.65 11.56
Maternal Mortality
Puerperal Sepsis 0 0
Other puerperal causes 1 1
Total 1 1
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 0.561 0.512