London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report tables

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Tottenham 1902

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham District]

Published
1903
Pages
60
Tables
34

This page requires JavaScript

34 tables in this report

  • Page 3
    The estimated population at the middle of 1902 was 107,003, the number of inhabited houses 17,341, giving an average of 6.17 per house.
  • Page 4
    The Population of the Parish of Tottenham, as taken in the years 1801 and 1811.
    Houses.Families.Males.Females.Total Persons.
  • Page 4
    The comparative state of the population of the Parish of Tottenham from the reign of Queen Elizabeth. The Parish Register begins in the year 1558:—
    Baptisms.Average about.Burials.Average about.
  • Page 5
    The deaths were distributed according to age as follows:—
  • Page 5
    These were distributed as follows:—
  • Page 6
    The total number of cases notified was as follows:—
  • Page 6
    Scarlet Fever. There were 12 deaths from Scarlet Fever (against 6 in 1901 and 7 in 1900), the incidence and mortality being as follows:—
    Cases.Deaths.
  • Page 6
    Incidence and mortality in Wards:—
    Cases.Deaths.
  • Page 7
    Typhoid Fever. Incidence and mortality in Wards:—
    Cases.Deaths.
  • Page 8
    Comparative Statement of areas, houses, population and death rate, in Wards.
    Ward.Area in Acres.Total No. Houses.Inhabited Houses.Empty Houses.Estimated Population.No per. Acre.Deaths.
    No.Rate.
  • Page 9
    Table I.— Table showing the Population, Birth Rate, and Death Rate from all causes, in Tottenham, during the last ten years.
    Year.Population estimated to Middle of each Year.Births.Deaths under One Year of Age.Deaths of all Ages Total.Deaths in Public Institutions.Deaths of Non-Residents registered in District.Deaths of Residents registered beyond District.Deaths at all Ages. Nett
    Number.Rate.*Number.Rate per 1000 Births registeredNumber.Rate."Number.Rate.*
    12345678910111213
  • Page 10
    By the term "Non-Residents," is meant persons brought into the district on account of illness, and dying there; and by the term " Residents" is meant persons who have been taken out of the District on account of illness, and have died elsewhere.
    1. Institutions within the District receiving sick and infirm persons from outside the District.2. Institutions outside the District receiving- sick and infirm oersons from the District.3. Other Institutions, the deaths in which have been distributed among the several localities ill the District.
  • Page 11
    T able II. Vital Statistics in 1902 and previous years.
    WHOLE DISTRICT. Year.Population estimated to middle of each year.Births registered.Deaths at all Ages.Deaths under one year.
  • Page 12
    Table iv. TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1902 in the Tottenham Urban Sanitary District, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Causes of Death.Deaths in or belonging to whole Districts at subjoined Ages.Deaths in or belonging to Localities (at all ages).Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District
    All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.HarringayW. Green.St. Ann's.H. Cross.Middle.Lower.
    123456789101112131415
  • Page 13
    TABLE OF DEATHS—Continued.
    Causes of Death.Deaths in or belonging to whole Districts at subjoined Ages.Deaths in or belonging to Localities (at all Ages).Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District
    All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.HarringayW. Green.St. Ann's.H. Cross.Middle.Lower.
    123456789101112131415
  • Page 14
    Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.
  • Page 15
    The number now on the register is as follows:—
  • Page 16
    The number of Buildings for which plans were passed by the Council was as follows:—
    Year 190019011902
  • Page 17
    Plans passed for houses in Tottenham during the past ten years:—
  • Page 17
    During the year the following work was carried out:—
  • Page 20
    House to House Inspection, 1902.
    Name of Road.No. of HousesName of Road.No. of Houses
  • Page -
    TOTTENHAM URBAN DISTRICT. COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.—SANITARY WORK, 1902.
    Inspections.Notices.Dwelling Houses.Houses let in separate Dwellings or Lodgings.Common Lodging Houses.Canal Boats used as Dwellings.Movable Dwellings, Caravans, Tents, &c.
    Complaints received.Cases of Infectious Diseases notified.Number of Premises periodically Inspected.Houses Inspected from House-to-House.Total Number of Houses Premises, &c., Inspected.Total Number of Re-in-spections after Order or Notice.Total Number of Inspections and Re-inspections.Letters Written.Cautionary Notices Given.Statutory Orders Issued.Summonses Served.Convictions Obtained.Houses. Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, &c.Closed as Unfit for Habitation.Re-opened after Repairs, Alterations, &c.Demolished.Illegal Underground Dwellings Vacated.Number Registered under Bye-Laws.Periodical Frequency or Number of InspectionsNumber of Contraven-tions.Number Registered under Bye-laws.Periodical Frequency or Number of Inspections!Number of Contraventions.Number Registered under the Acts.Periodical Frequency or | Number of InspectionsNumber of Contraventions of Regulations.Number observed during the year.Number of Nuisances therefrom abated.| Number Removed from District.
  • Page -
    SANITARY WORK, 1902.—Continued.
    Workshops and Workplaces.Laundries.Bakehouses.Slaughterhouses.Cowsheds.Dairies and Milkshops.Uns'nd Food.Mortuaries.
    Number in District.Periodical Frequency or Number of InspectionsContraventions of Factory Acts.Number in District.Periodical Frequency or Number of InspectionsContraventions of Factory Acts.Number in District.Periodical Frequency or Number of InspectionsContraventions of Factory Acts.Number on Register.Periodical Frequency or Number of InspectionsContraventions of Bye-laws.Number on Register.Periodical Frequency or Number of InspectionsContraventions of Bye-laws.| Number on Register.l Periodical Frequency or Number of InspectionsContraventions of Bye-lawsAnimals seized.Articles or Parcels seized.Accommodation.Number of Bodies received.
  • Page -
    Table 1a — 1901.
    Aug.Sept.Oct.Nov.Dec
  • Page -
    Table 1a (contd.):— 1902.
    Jan.Feb.Mar.AprilMayJuneJulyAug.Sept.
  • Page -
    Cases and Deaths from Small Pox at Different Ages during Table 1b. Tottenham Epidemic.
    Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 10.10 to 30.30 and upwards.
  • Page -
    Table 2.— Showing that if the Death Rate as given at all Ages be taken at Unity, then the Death Rate fur Children under 5 Years of Age will be as fallows*:—
    1851-60.1861-70.1871-80.
  • Page -
    Table 3.— Showing Numbers of Attacks and Deaths amongst those Exposed to Small Pox in certain Outbreaks.
    Vaccinated.Unvaccinated.
    Exposed.Attacked.Died.ExposedAttacked.Died.
  • Page -
    T able 4.— Small Pox Attack rate of Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Persons, under and. over 10 Years of Age, in Five Towns in which Small Pox Epidemics have recently occurred.*
    Towns.Date of Epidemic.Attack-rate under 10.Attack-rate over to.
    Vaccinated.Unvaccinated.Vaccinated.Unvaccinated.
  • Page -
    Tablk 5.— The Incidence of Mild and Severe Canes of Smalt Pox on each Hundred of Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Persons attacked during-Six recent Small Pox Epidemics*
    Local Epidemics.Mild.Severe.
  • Page -
    T able 6.— Child Mortality from Small Pox in Relation t o the. Neglect of Vaccination in Seven Towns which have recently suffered from. Small Pox Epidemics.*
    Town.Date of Epidemic.Total of Small Pox Deaths.Percentage of Total Deaths from Small Pox borne by Children under 10 Years of Age.Vaccination Default.
  • Page -
    Table 7.— Showing the Number of Completed C a ses of Smal l Pox amongst the Vaccinated" and "Unvaccinated," and "Doubtful," Treated in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan As y lumns Board during the Year 1901.*
    -Ages.Vaccinated.Unvaccinated.Doubtful.
    Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.
  • Page -
    Table 8.
    -Vaccinated in Infancy.Unvaccinated.
    Attack.Deaths.Fatality.Attacks.Deaths.Fatality.
  • Page -
    Table 9.— Showing the Cases of Small Pox under 20 Years of Age Admitted, and Treated either to Recovery or Death in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylumtis Board during the Year 1901.*
    Ages.Vaccinated.Doubtful.Unvaccinated.
    Cases.Deaths.Mortality per Cent.Cases.Deaths.Mortality per Cent.Cases.Deaths.Mortality per Cent.