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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 1962
[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
April, 1961 113,249
Mid-year Registrar General's 1961 1962
estimate 113,480 113,020
Rateable Value as at 1st April £1,976,413 £1,994,474
Sum represented by penny rate £8,060 £8,120
Approximate Number of Dwellings in District 30,998 31,166
Registered live-births
Males 977 1,168
Females 942 1,065
Total 1,919 2,233
Birth-rate per 1,000 estimated population: 16.91 19.76
No. of live-births which were illegitimate 188 256
(9.8%) (11.5%)
Stillbirths Males 18 17
Females 17 23
Total 35 40
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 17.91 17.60
No. of Stillbirths which were illegitimate 7 6
(20%) (15%)
Deaths
Males 724 716
Females 692 708
Total 1,416 1,424
Death-rate per 1,000 estimated-population 12.48 12.60
Maternal Mortality
Puerperal Sepsis 0 1
Other puerperal causes 1 1
Total 1 2
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 0.501 0.880