Report of the health of Tottenham for the year 1893.

  • Tottenham (London, England). Local Board of Health.
Date:
[1894]
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Credit: Report of the health of Tottenham for the year 1893. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    4 Births. The births registered in Tottenham during the year were 2,580, 1,345 males and 1,235 females. The birth-rate, calculated from the total number of births, and the foregoing estimate of population, was 34.4, against 33 0 in 1892. The natural increase of population, that is: the excess of births over deaths was 1,142, that for 1892 being 1,192, and for 1891, 1,448. Deaths. The number of deaths was 1,429, of these 706 were males and 723 females, against 1,237 in 1892, and 1,121 in 1891. From this number must be deducted 200 deaths, which occurred in public institutions, of patients who came from districts outside Tot tenham. On the estimated population of 75,000 the 1,229 deaths give an annual rate of mortality of 16 3, against 16 8 in 1892. The deaths last year were distributed as follows:— Under 1 year 379 From 1 to 5 years 300 „ 5 to 20 years 159 „ 20 to 40 years 146 „ 40 to 60 years 188 „ 60 to 80 years 208 Above 80 years 49 In greater London, which is co-extensive with the Metropolitan and City Police Districts, estimated to contain a population of upwards of five-and-a-half millions of persons in the middle of 1893, the death rate was 19.7 per 1,000. In Inner or Registration London the death-rate was 23.0, and in the Outer Ring it was 15.4.