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mortality experience over the three years 1968 to 1970, is 68-6 years fox a boy and
74.9 for agirl. This is an increase of 0.6 years for males and 1.2 years for females
over the figures based on mortality during the years 1957 to 1959 The figures also
show that at age 65 a man has a life expectancy of 11.9 years and a woman 15.8 years.
Sixty years ago the expectation of life of a boy at birth was 48.5 years and of a
girl 52.4 years.
MORBIDITY
The number of first claims for sickness benefit are obtained from local offices
of the Ministry of Social Security and are included for information in a weekly
bulletin circulated by the department to all hospitals and genera] practitioners in
the area The Ministry's offices are not coterminous with the borough boundaries
but rather with postal districts, so that these claims do not relate entirely to
borough residents, they cover the El., E.2, E.3 and E.14 postal districts,(Monthly
figures are to be found on page 76.)
MARRIAGES
The number of marriages solemnised in the borough during the year was 1,322 or
193 less than last year made up as follows
Register Office 663
Church of England 442
Authorised persons and
other denominations 217
The marriage rate per 1,000 population was 16.0 compared with 16 6 last year
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Activities of the Health Department are publicised in Tower Hamlets News which
is published by the Council and issued to the public after each Council Meeting
Topics to which attention was drawn during the year related to the work of the Public
Health Inspector, Home Nursing. Domiciliary Midwifery and Cervical Cytology Services,
Registration of Houses in Multiple Occupation, Home Safety (electrical wiring),
details of changes in Services provided at Clinic Centres and publicity for the Mass
Radiography Unit's weekly Service in the Borough. In addition the practice of circulating
a weekly bulletin to general practitioners and hospitals in the borough
giving information on infectious disease, morbidity and relevant topical matters was
continued.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Public transport facilities in the borough include eleven District Metropolitan
and Tube Railway Stations- and 4 Suburban Railway Stations.
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