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Tottenham 1921

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

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GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area
3,014 acres.
Population
149,200
No. of inhabited houses and tenements
28,728
Rateable Value
£605,019
Sum represented by a penny rate
£2,360
BIRTHS.
Males.
Females.
Total.
Legitimate
1,724
1,558
3,282
Illegitimate
66
54
120
1,790
1,612
3,402
Birth Rate per 1,000 of the population 22.8
DEATHS.
The total number of deaths registered in Tottenham was 1,274
Of these the number of non-residents was 258
Deaths of residents registered in the district 1,016
Deaths of residents registered outside the district 537
1,553
Deaths of residents under 1 year occurring in district 163
Deaths of residents under 1 year occurring outside district 68
Total deaths of Tottenham infants 231
General Death Rate per 1,000 of population 10.4
Infant Mortality per 1,000 births 67.9
Note.—The Registrar General's figures were received by us on the 28th March,
when our manuscript was in the hands of the printers, too late to alter the tables
concerned with deaths.