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
London County Council 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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number of those engaged in nurseries were placed on the permanent staff and were
medically examined by the Council's medical staff in the division. The latter now
do this work for all staff appointed by the Divisional Health Committee.
The permanent assistant medical officers are now given the opportunity of
working both in the maternity and child welfare service and in the school health
service. Steps have been taken to allow health visitors the same opportunity and
school nurses with the requisite qualifications are encouraged to undertake health
visiting. The results have proved satisfactory and there is to be a further extension of
this interchange of duties.
Unfortunately there is a shortage of tuberculosis visitors with the result that
the tuberculous are not visited as frequently as is desirable.
STATISTICS Table 1—Population* of the administrative County of London, 1921-19-19
| Year | Mid-year estimate of population | Average age | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 0-4 | 5-14 | 15-24 | 25-44 | 45—64 | 65— | ||
| 1921 | 4,484,523 | 376,055 | 809,212 | 796,590 | 1,365,546 | 877,145 | 259,975 | 31.2 |
| 1922 | 4,523,800 | 393,500 | 797,000 | 799,600 | 1,368,700 | 898,500 | 266,500 | 31.3 |
| 1923 | 4,554,600 | 421,400 | 768,600 | 808,500 | 1,368,800 | 914,900 | 272,400 | 31.4 |
| 1924 | 4,576,500 | 440,700 | 739,900 | 821,700 | 1,370,600 | 928,900 | 274,700 | 31.4 |
| 1925 | 4,601,900 | 419,200 | 746,400 | 824,200 | 1,379,900 | 951,400 | 280,800 | 31.7 |
| 1926 | 4,605,400 | 404,800 | 746,900 | 826,300 | 1,380,400 | 961,300 | 285,700 | 31.9 |
| 1927 | 4,541,000 | 386,200 | 738,300 | 811,800 | 1,360,900 | 958,900 | 284,900 | 32.1 |
| 1928 | 4,458,200 | 362,100 | 717,500 | 794,700 | 1,341,900 | 954,500 | 287,500 | 32.4 |
| 1929 | 4,417,900 | 347,800 | 702,300 | 787,700 | 1,338,500 | 954,900 | 286,700 | 32.5 |
| 1930 | 4,388,000 | 336,400 | 687,500 | 777,400 | 1,337,500 | 956,700 | 292,500 | 32.8 |
| 1931 | 4,374,300 | 297,700 | 646,700 | 827,940 | 1,330,200 | 951,000 | 320,760 | 33.4 |
| 1932 | 4,357,800 | 290,470 | 640,450 | 809,240 | 1,333,820 | 956,410 | 327,410 | 33.6 |
| 1933 | 4,298,600 | 281,800 | 636,200 | 772,600 | 1,328,000 | 951,000 | 329,000 | 33.8 |
| 1934 | 4,230,200 | 271,000 | 629,200 | 736,300 | 1,317,100 | 944,600 | 332,000 | 34.0 |
| 1935 | 4,185,200 | 281,300 | 596,600 | 734,600 | 1,304,000 | 935,600 | 333,100 | 34.1 |
| 1936 | 4,141,100 | 254,400 | 576,600 | 729,500 | 1,306,100 | 935,700 | 338,800 | 34.5 |
| 1937 | 4,094,500 | 249,300 | 555,000 | 721,800 | 1,296,800 | 930,000 | 341,600 | 34.7 |
| 1938 | 4,062,800 | 249,300 | 538,600 | 709,700 | 1,291,200 | 927,300 | 346,700 | 34.8 |
| 1939 | 3,780,700 | 211,900 | 457,500 | 3,111,300 | ||||
| 1940 | 3,084,100 | 141,300 | 232,500 | 2,710,300 | ||||
| 1941 | 2,327,300 | 79,200 | 142,100 | 2,106,000 | ||||
| 1942 | 2,405,000 | 137,700 | 234,500 | 2,032,800 | ||||
| 1943 | 2,500,600 | 179,500 | 282,000 | 2,039,100 | ||||
| 1944 | 2,462,500 | 172,000 | 302,300 | 1,988,200 | ||||
| 1945 | 2,601,370 | 189,720 | 311,440 | 2,100,210 | ||||
| 1946 | 3,109,240 | 227,470 | 353,050 | 2,528,720 | ||||
| 1947 | 3,309,700 | 259,000 | 364,600 | 2,686,100 | ||||
| 1948 | 3,339,100 | 269,900 | 359,500 | 2,709,700 | ||||
| 1949 | 3,389,850 | 276,200 | 367,000 | 2,746,650 | ||||
*Civilian population only from 1939 to 1948.