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 1963
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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 | |
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 | 22·60 |
1959 | 17 | 19 | 1,238 | 22 |
1960 | 23 | 27 | 1,232 | 21·61 |
1961 | 18 | 19 | 1,282 | 21·53 |
1962 | 13 | 15 | 1,316 | 21·0 |
Average for years 1953-1962 | 19 | 21 | 1,197 | 21·9 |
1963 | 14 | 15 | 1,385 | 21·8 |
TUBERCULOSIS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
In the following Table will be found particulars of deaths from Tuberculosis of the Respiratory System since the year 1953.
Year | Whole Borough | London | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
No. | Rate | No. | Rate | |
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 |
1961 | 5 | 0·09 | 294 | 0·09 |
1962 | 4 | 0·07 | 252 | 0·08 |
Averages for years 1953-1962 | 7 | 0·19 | 435 | 0·13 |
1963 | 5 | 0·09 | 265 | 0·08 |