London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
14 REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1957
TABLE III (a). DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE, 1957
| Males in age groups | Females in age groups | M. & F. Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-5 | 5-15 | 15-45 | 45-65 | 65 up | Total | 1-5 | 5-15 | 15-45 | 45-65 | 65 up | Total | ||
| Coronary Disease, Angina, etc. | — | — | 15 | 119 | 225 | 359 | — | — | 2 | 33 | 204 | 239 | 598 |
| Hypertension with Heart Disease | — | — | — | 6 | 32 | 38 | — | — | — | 4 | 44 | 48 | 86 |
| Other Heart Disease | — | — | 6 | 31 | 315 | 352 | — | — | 7 | 34 | 478 | 519 | 871 |
| — | — | 21 | 156 | 572 | 749 | — | — | 9 | 71 | 726 | 806 | 1,555 | |
Infantile Mortality
There were 79 deaths of children under one year giving an infant
mortality rate of 15.6 per 1,000 live births. This rate is the lowest
ever recorded in the Borough, and compares with a rate of 17 for
1956 and 24 for 1955.
For the ten years ended 1947 the average infant mortality rate was
40, while for the ten year period ended 1957 the average rate was 22.
Maternal Mortality
No deaths occurred from accidents and diseases of pregnancy or
child-birth.
This is the first year that no deaths from these causes have been
recorded in the Borough. In 1956 there were four deaths, giving a
rate of 0.81 per 1,000 live and still births.