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INTRODUCTION
TO THE
ANNUAL REPORT of the MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
Public Health Department,
Town Hall,
Tottenham.
January, 1915.
To the Chairman and other Members of the Tottenham Urban
District Council.
Gentlemen.
I have the honour to submit to you my Report upon the
Health and Sanitary Conditions, and the Vital Statistics of the
District for the year 1914.
It is fitting that some allusion should be made here to the
loss sustained by the Council by reason of the death of their old
and valued servant, Mr. Edward Crowne. For a period of 45 years
he fulfilled faithfully and well the duties appertaining to your Clerk's
office, and saw, and in no small measure contributed to, the growth
of the district. During his tenure of office, it developed from
comparative insignificance to be one of the most populous and
prosperous districts in the County of Middlesex. The population
continues to increase, and is estimated by the Registrar General to
have reached the number 149,495 persons at the middle of the year.
It may therefore be concluded that at the end of 1914 the number
reached considerably over 150,000 souls.
The Census figures, as ascertained on April 30th, 1911, reached
me too late last year to include them in the Annual Report for
1913. They are given now, and some comment is offered upon their
significance, and comparison made with the corresponding figures
for 1901.