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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 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham District]
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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. | Harringay | W. Green. | St. Ann's. | H. Cross. | Middle. | Lower. | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | |
| Small-pox | 74 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 14 | 14 | ... | |
| Measles | 23 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 6 | |||||
| Scarlet-fever | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 58 | ||
| Whooping-cough | 37 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 7 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | ... | |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 35 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 1 | ... | 6 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 73 | |
| Croup | 3 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | |
| Fever | Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric | 15 | 1 | ... | 1 | 6 | 7 | ... | 3 | 1 | 4 | ... | 4 | 3 | 40 | |
| Other continued | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Epidemic Influenza | 20 | l | ... | 2 | 2 | 12 | ... | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Diarrhoea (see notes following) | 30 | 25 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 3 | ... | |
| Enteritis | 51 | 43 | 5 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 2 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | |
| Erysipelas | 7 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | |
| Other Septic Diseases | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Phthisis | 87 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 65 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 4 | |