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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 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham District]
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BIRTHS.
Births Registered :—Males 1,377
Females 1,334
Total 2,711
Including Illegitimate Births :—Male 53
Female 55
Total 108
Births occurring in the district 2,554
„ of Tottenham residents occurring outside
the district 157
Total 2,711
Birth Rate = 171 per 1,000.
Births notified under the Notification of Births Act
By Doctors 651
Midwives 1,757
Parents and otl er persons 506
Total 2,914
The difference between the number of births registered and the
number notified is accounted for by reason of the fact that an
exceptionally large number of births occurred in December, 1919,
and were notified (within 36 hours) in that month, but were not
registered (.within 6 weeks) until the early part of 1920.