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 1957
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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 | |
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 |
1955 | 21 | 23 | 1,157 | 23 |
1956 | 18 | 16 | 1,106 | 21 |
Average for years 1946-1955 | 26 | 23 | 1,426 | 25 |
1957 | 20 | 21 | 1,160 | 22 |
TUBERCULOSIS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM In the following Table will be found particulars of deaths from Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System since the year 1947.
Year | Whole Borough | London | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
No. | Rate | No. | Rate | |
1947 | 52 | 0·88 | 1,940 | 0·62 |
1948 | 45 | 0·74 | 2,044 | 0·62 |
1949 | 41 | 0·68 | 1,900 | 0·57 |
1950 | 23 | 0·38 | 1,585 | 0·47 |
1951 | 21 | 0·35 | 1,225 | 0·36 |
1952 | 20 | 0·35 | 1'154 | 0·34 |
1953 | 14 | 0·24 | 933 | 0·28 |
1954 | 14 | 0·24 | 596 | 0·18 |
1955 | 8 | 0·14 | 517 | 0·16 |
1956 | 10 | 0·18 | 423 | 0·13 |
Averages for years 1947-1956 | 25 | 0·42 | 1,232 | 0·37 |
1957 | 9 | 0·16 | 378 | 0·12 |