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 1954
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Year | Registrar-General's Estimate of Population | BIRTHS | DEATHS | DEATHS UNDER ONE YEAR | MATERNAL DEATHS | |||||
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No. + | Rate | No. + | Rate | No. + | Rate | No. + | Rate |
Causes of death | At all Ages | Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 | 5 andunder 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 45 | 45 andunder 65 | 65 and upward |
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AGE OF DEATH | ||||||||
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Causes of death | At all Ages | Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 45 | 45 and under 65 | 65 and upwards |
Year | Number of deaths | Deaths under 1 year of age | Percentage of total deaths | Deaths at 65 years and over | Percentage of total deaths |
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Under 4 weeks | 4 weeks to 3 months | 3 to 6 months | 6 to 12 months | Total under 1 year |
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Country | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | Average for six years |
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FACTORIES ACT 1937 | HOUSING ACT, 1936 | PUBLIC HEALTH (LCNDON) ACT,1936 | FOOD & DRUGS ACT, 1938 | TOTAL | |||||
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N. | V. | N. | V. | N. | V. | N. | V. |
FACTORIES ACT 1937 | HOUSING ACT, 1936 | PUBLIC HEALTH (LCNDON) ACT, 1936 | FOOD & DRUGS ACT, 1938 | TOTAL | |||||
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N. | V. | N. | V. | N. | V. | N. | v. |
FACTORIES ACT, 1937 | HOUSING ACT, 1936 | PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1936 | FOOD & DRUGS ACT, 1938 | TOTAL | |||||
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N. | V. | N. | V. | N. | V. | N. | V. |
FACTORIES ACT 1937 | HOUSING ACT, 1936 | PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1936 | FOOD & DRUGS ACT, 1938 | TOTAL | |||||
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N. | V. | N. | V. | N. | V. | N. | V. |
Year | Houses | Families Displaced |
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Premises | Number on Register | Number of | ||
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Inspections | Written Notices | Occupiers prosecuted |
Particulars | Number of cases in which Defects were found | Number of Cases in which prosecutions wereInstituted | |||
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Found | Remedied | Referred | |||
To H.M. Inspector | By H.M. Inspector |
Nature of Work | No. of Outworkers in August List required by Section 110 (1)(c) | No. of Cases of default in sending List to the Council | No. of Prosecutions for failure to supply Lists | No. of instances of work in unwholesome premises | Notices served | Prosecutions |
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Premises | Offense | Result of Proceedings |
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Year | Interments arranged by Borough Council |
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Grant |
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(a) SCABIES | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 |
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1952 | 1953 | 1954 |
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1- Treatment of Bisiness and Private Premises. | |||
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BusinessPresses | Private Premises |
Year | Primary Injections | Reinforcing Injections |
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Article | Reported upon as | Total | |
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Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory |
Commodity | 1951 lbs. | 1952 1bs. | 1953 lbs. | 1954 1bs. |
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Number of samples examined. | Number and percentages incorrect. Compositional. Labelling. |
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Taken Formally | Adulrerated | Taken Informelly | Adulterated 1. !¡ lit. " 1 J I | Total samples Analysed | Total Samples Adulterated |
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Disease | Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 yrs. | 5 and under 15 yrs. | 15 and under 25 yrs. | 25 and under 45 yrs. | 45 and under 65 yrs. | 65 yrs. and over | TOTALS |
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Disease | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | Average for five years |
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Year | Paralytic | Non-Paralvtic | Total |
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AGE at date of final injection (as regards A) or of | ||||||||
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Under 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 to 9 | 10 to 14 | Total |
Year | Number of deaths |
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PULMONARY | NON-PULMONARY | TOTAL CASES | ||||
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M. | F. | M. | F. |
Under 1 year | 1 and under 2 years | 2 and under 5 years | 5 and under 10 years | 10 and under 15 years | 15 and under 20 years | 20 and under 25 years | 25 and under 35 years | 35 and under 4-5 years | 45 and under 55 years | 55 and under 65 years | 65 and under 75 years | 75 years and upwards | TOTALS (all ages) |
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1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 |
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