Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1955
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INFANTILE MORTALITY
Year | Whole Borough | London | ||
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No. of Deaths | Rate per 1,000 Births | No. of Deaths | Rate per 1,000 Births | |
1945 | 44 | 52 | 2,011 | 44 |
1946 | 53 | 39 | 2,527 | 38 |
1947 | 50 | 33 | 2,454 | 34 |
1948 | 20 | 16 | 1,869 | 31 |
1949 | 33 | 29 | 1,517 | 27 |
1950 | 23 | 20 | 1,372 | 26 |
1951 | 27 | 25 | 1,333 | 25 |
1952 | 20 | 20 | 1,189 | 23 |
1953 | 27 | 27 | 1,216 | 24 |
1954 | 23 | 24 | 1,047 | 21 |
Average for years 1945-1954 | 32 | 28 | 1,653 | 29 |
1955 | 21 | 23 | 1,157 | 23 |
TUBERCULOSIS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM In the following Table will be found particulars of deaths from Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System since the year 1945.
Year | Whole Borough | London | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
No. | Rate | No. | Rate | |
1945 | 45 | 0.96 | 2,033 | 0.78 |
1946 | 32 | 0.57 | 1,940 | 0.62 |
1947 | 52 | 0.88 | 2,044 | 0.62 |
1948 | 45 | 0.74 | 1,900 | 0.57 |
1949 | 41 | 0.68 | 1,585 | 0.47 |
1950 | 23 | 0.38 | 1,225 | 0.36 |
1951 | 21 | 0.35 | 1,154 | 0.34 |
1952 | 20 | 0.35 | 933 | 0.28 |
1953 | 14 | 0.24 | 690 | 0.21 |
1954 | 14 | 0.24 | 596 | 0.18 |
Averages for years 1945-1954 | 31 | 0.54 | 1,410 | 0.44 |
1955 | 8 | 0.14 | 517 | 0.16 |