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 1961
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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 | |
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 |
1957 | 20 | 21 | 1,160 | 22 |
1958 | 18 | 19 | 1,218 | 22.6 |
1959 | 17 | 19 | 1,238 | 22 |
1960 | 23 | 27 | 1,232 | 21.61 |
Average for years 1951-1960 | 21 | 22 | 1,189 | 22.5 |
1961 | 18 | 19 | 1,282 | 21.53 |
TUBERCULOSIS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM In the following Table will be found particulars of deaths from Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System since the year 1950.
Year | Whole Borough | London | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
No. | Rate | No. | Rate | |
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 |
1957 | 9 | 0.16 | 378 | 0.12 |
1958 | 6 | 0.11 | 379 | 0.12 |
1959 | 4 | 0.07 | 343 | 0.11 |
1960 | 3 | 0.06 | 235 | 0.07 |
Averages for years 1951-1960 | 10 | 0.19 | 618 | 0.18 |
1961 | 5 | 0.09 | 294 | 0.09 |