London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fulham 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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Birth Rate (crude) per 1 000 population
Birth Rate (adjusted) per 1,000 population
Stillbirth Rate per 1 000 live and still births
Illegitimate Live Births per cent of total Live Births
DEATHS
(All Ages)
Total
Mai es
Fen al es
1 255 649 606
Death Rate (crude) per 1 000 population
Death Rate (adjusted) per 1 000 population
INFANT DEATHS
(Under 1 year)
Total
Maies
Fanales
41 22 19
Infant Mortality Rate:-
All Infants per 1,000 Live Births 22.01
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 Legitimate Live Births , 22. 46
Illegitimate Infants per 1 000 Illegitimate Live Births 17.54
Neonatal (first 4 weeks) Mortality Rate per 1 000 Live Births 16.10
Maternal Mortality Rate: -
Nil - There were no maternal deaths during the year.
1,255 Deaths as follows:-
CLASSIFICATION OF CAUSES OF DEATH
| Under 1 | Age Groups | Over 65 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-5 | 5-15 | 15-45 | 45- 65 | ||||
| Tuberculosis, Respiratory | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Tuberculosis, Other | |||||||
| Syphilitic Disease | 2 | ||||||
| Diphtheria | |||||||
| Whooping Cough | 1 | ||||||
| Meningococcal Infections | |||||||
| Acute Poliomyelitis | |||||||
| Measles | |||||||
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Cancer | 15 | 112 | 144 | 271 | |||
| Di abetes | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | |||
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | 1 | 5 | 20 | 98 | 124 | ||
| Coronary disease, angina | 87 | 133 | 221 | ||||
| Hypertension with heart disease | 3 | 13 | 16 | ||||
| Other heart disease | 3 | 20 | 95 | 118 | |||
| Other circulatory disease | 2 | 9 | 64 | 75 | |||
| Influenza | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Pneumonia | 6 | 1 | 10 | 55 | 72 | ||
| Bronchi ti s | 22 | 59 | 81 | ||||
| Other diseases of respiratory system | 2 | 16 | 18 | ||||
| Ulcer of stomach .and duodenum | 6 | 12 | 19 | ||||
| Gastritis, enteritis, diarrhoea | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Nephritis and nephrosis | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| Hyperplasia of prostate | 6 | 6 | |||||
| Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | |||||||
| Congenital malformations | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | |
| Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 21 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 72 | 123 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | 2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 18 | ||
| All other accidents | 1 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 26 | ||
| Suicide | 8 | 8 | 5 | 21 | |||
| Homicide and operations of war | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Totals | 41 | 4 | 7 | 64 | 336 | 803 | 1, 255 |