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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
City of London 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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STATISTICAL INFORMATION
Area - 678 acres (including the Temple and foreshore).
Population - Census 1961, 4,711. Estimated mid-year 1963, 4580.
Annual Rateable Value - As at 31st March, 1963, £15,087,619.
Annual Sum received from Penny General Rate - £60,303.
Live Births
Number 43
Rate per 1,000 population 9.39
Illegitimate Live Births per cent of total live births 16.28
Stillbirths
Number 1
Rate per 1,000 total live and still births 22.73
Total Live and Still Births 44
Infant Deaths (deaths under 1 year) 1
Infant Mortality Rates
Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births 23.26
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births 27.77
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate live births Nil
Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 4 weeks per 1,000 total live births) 23.26
Early Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 1 week per 1,000 total live births) 23.26
Perinatal Mortality Rate (stillbirths and deaths under 1 week combined per 1,000 total
live and still births) 45.45
Maternal Mortality (including abortion)
Number of deaths Nil
Rate per 1,000 total live and still births Nil
Deaths, all ages 55
Death rate per 1,000 resident population 12.01
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
| Notifications received:— | Total cases notified |
|---|---|
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | 1 |
| Measles | 10 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 4 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 5 |
| Scarlet Fever | 4 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 |