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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 1961
[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 | ||
| Mid-year; Registrar General's | 1960 | 1961 | |
| estimate | 115,030 | 113,480 | |
| Rateable Value as at 1st April | ,964,652 | £1,976,413 | |
| Sum represented by penny rate | £8,020 | £8,060 | |
| Approximate Number of Dwellings in District | 30;946 | 30,998 | |
| Registered live-births | |||
| Males | 979 | 977 | |
| Females | 947 | 942 | |
| Total | 1,926 | 1,919 | |
| Birth-rate per 1,000 estimated population | 16.75 | 16.91 | |
| No. of live-births which were illegitimate | 164 | 188 | |
| (8.5%) | (9.8%) | ||
| Stillbirths | Males | 16 | 18 |
| Females | 12 | 17 | |
| Total | 28 | 35 | |
| Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 14.38 | 17.91 | |
| No. of Stillbirths which were illegitimate | Nil | 7 | |
| (20%) | |||
| Deaths | |||
| Males | 660 | 724 | |
| Females | 670 | 692 | |
| Total | 1,330 | 1,416 | |
| Death-rate per 1,000 estimated population | 11 56 | 12 48 | |
| Maternal Mortality | |||
| Puerperal Sepsis | 0 | 0 | |
| Other puerperal causes | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 1 | 1 | |
| Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 0.501 | 0.501 | |
| Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age (Infant Mortality) | |||
| (a) Legitimate | Males | 22 | 21 |
| Females | 20 | 26 | |
| Total | 42 | 47 | |
| Death- rate per 1,000 legitimate live births | 23.84 | 27.15 | |
| (b) Illegitimate | Males | 1 | 2 |
| Females | 2 | 2 | |
| Total | 3 | 4 | |
| Death-rate per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 18.29 | 21.28 | |