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London County Council 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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- 1952
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Age and sex constitution of the population in 1931 and 1951 (numbers in thousands)
Age (years) 1931 1951 Male Female Male Female No. % No. O/ /O No. % No. % -
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Proportion of women ever married (Percentage of all women in the age groups specified)
Age (years) London England and Wales 1931 1951 1931 1951 -
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The following figures give a comparison of the essential details for the years 1931 and 1951.
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The number of households has not declined in the same ratio as the population for the reason that there has been a tendency for families to become smaller as instanced by the following figures :—
Size of family 1931 1951 -
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The overall density of population has declined from 0.98 to 0.83 persons per room in the twenty years, but the improvement varies with size of family as shown below. Housing density by size of family
Persons per household No. of households Persons per room Reduction in average No. of persons per room -
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The total births allocated to London for 1951 were :—
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There were 3,597 illegitimate live births (6.9 per cent. of the total live births). Illegitimacy The percentages in recent years are :—
Year London England and Wales -
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The general movements resulting from these alterations are estimated to be :—
Cause Approximate change as a percentage of those formerly assigned to this cause* -
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Mortality (per 1,000) from cardiovascular—renal disease and bronchitis
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Administrative County of London Cancer Mortality Rates per 1,000 living (total population)
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County of London—Changes in Mortality Rates from Cancer between 1931-33 and 1949-51 (all ages)
Site Males Females Mean death-rate 1949-51 per 1,000 Change between 1931-33 and 1949-51 Mean death-rate 1949-51 per 1,000 Change between 1931-33 and 1949-51 -
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The leading causes of death in London in 1951 were as follows:—
Deaths Rate per 1,000 population -
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Comparative rates for London and England and Wales in recent years are :—
Year London England and Wales -
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The distribution of causes of death in the first four weeks of life in 1951 was as follows :—
Cause No. of deaths Per cent. Total -
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A summary of maternal mortality statistics is given below. Comparative figures for England and Wales in recent years are shown in Table 8 (page 146).
Year Live and still-births Deaths in pregnancy or childbirth excluding abortion Post-abortion deaths Notifications of Puerperal pyrexia -
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The analysis of maternal deaths in 1951 has therefore been made on the basis of numbers, not rates, and is as follows :—
Cause of death Postabortion Other pregnancy and childbirth Total -
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There were 809 deaths (0.24 per 1,000) from influenza during the year. During recent years the deaths have been :—
Year Influenza deaths Year Influenza deaths -
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For the weeks ended 23rd December, 1950, to 24th February, 1951, the age distribution of influenza deaths in London was :—
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Ophthalmia Neonatorum
Number of cases Domiciliary confinements Institutional confinements Total -
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The condition at the end of the year of the 93 cases notified was:—
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Cases of Poliomyelitis and Polio-encephalitis
Year Total No. Under 5 years of age Year Total No. Under 5 years of age No. °/ /o No. % -
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The 1951 age distribution was:— Poliomyelitis notifications (corrected), 1951
Age No. 0/ /o -
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Deaths from, Heart Disease under 45 Years
Year 0-4 5-14 15-44 Total Rale per 1,000 living 0-44 -
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Table A
Age Total July-Dec. 1950 Jan.-July 1951 -
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Table B School Infection
Age Patient at infected school Sibling at infected school Total possible attributable to school All cases -
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Table C Types of known direct contact
0-4 yrs. 5-14 yrs. Over 15 Total -
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Ihe death-rates per 1,000 living in 1951 in London and for the whole country were:—
Pulmonary Non-pulmonary -
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Tuberculous milk The following are details of the sampling for biological examination of milk coming into London in churns by road and rail and the results of the examinations:—
8ource of sample Designation Samples Percentage positive of completed samples Total Positive Incomplete Negative 1951 1950 -
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Examinations by the Council's Ophthalmologists
Classification Certified blind Not blind Grand total Male Female Total Male Female Total -
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207 certificates were accepted from other authorities, hospitals and private ophthalmologists as follows:—
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The causes of blindness in the 26 children under five years of age who wen certified during the year were as follows:—
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Blind persons examined as to suitability for training and the results were:—
Male Female Total -
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The building programme for 1952-53, which was under consideration by the Minister of Health at the end of the year consisted of six projects as follows:—
Division Premises Work involved -
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The following acquisitions and leasehold tenancies were completed during the year:—
Property Interest obtained. Service -
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Attendances
1949 1950 1951 First Total First Total First Total -
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Child Welfare Centres in London, 1951
Health Division No. per 1,000 child population per year* No. of attendances per child per year Attendances Children Under 1 1-4 Under 1 1-4 Under 1 1-4 -
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The following table shows the weights and maturity of the infants :—
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The number of child-minders, both statutorily and voluntarily registered, together with the number of children looked after, are shown in the following table
At 31.12.50 At 31.12.51 -
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DOMICILIARY MIDWIFERY SERVICE The number of domiciliary confinements attended by the Council's midwives has continued to fall during the year as the following table will show:—
Year Maternity nursing cases Midwifery cases Total -
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There was a decrease during the year in the number of connnements undertaken on behalf of the Council by district nursing associations and hospital district midwives.
Year Maternity nursing cases Midwifery cases Total -
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The number of midwives employed by these agencies on 31st December, 1951 was as follows:—
Staff -
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The conditions necessitating the use of the service were:—
Primi- para Multi-parae Parity unknown Total -
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The action taken by the emergency obstetric service was :—
Treatment given Removed to Hospital Remained at Home Total -
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(b) Pethidine.-—The number of women given Pethidine by midwives in the Domiciliary Service during the year was:—
Administered by As midwives As maternity nurses -
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The number of notifications of intention to practise compared with previous years was:—
1948 1949 1950 1951 -
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An analysis of the notifications shows:—
Midwives Maternity nurses -
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Some of the notices were for assistance for more than one condition. The following is a summary of the conditions for which aid was summoned:—
(1) (2) Number of calls for medical aid for conditions as indicated Col. (1) expressed as a percentage of the 13,564 midwifery cases attended during the year by domiciliary midwives and midwives in small institutions -
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Fees paid under the Midwives Acts to medical practitioners called in by mid-wives in emergency were as follow:—
1948 1949 1950 1951 -
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Maternity Medical Services
Service provided Quarter Claims from general practitioner obstetricians Claims from genoral medical practitioners Totals -
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The main conditions treated were:—
Number Per cent. of total -
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Patients were referred to the nursing organisations by various agencies as follows:—
Number Per cent. of total -
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The growth of the service is shown by the following table:—
1949 1950 1951 -
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The demand on the service and the extent to which it was met in 1951 is shown by the following.
Maternity Other -
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The visiting medical officer usually undertakes the immunisation of children in the Council's residential establishments in London, and the following table shows the position at the end of 1951:—
Number Percentage of total -
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record received. The position at 31st December, 1951, was:—
Number Percentage of total -
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Immunisation against whooping cough was carried out in some ot the Council s residential establishments by the visiting medical officers, and the following statement shows the position at the end of the year:—
Establishments in London Out-County Establishments -
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The following table gives particulars of the number of persons who were vaccinated under these arrangements during 1951; corresponding figures for 1950 are shown in brackets:—
Age at date of vaccination Under 1 year 1 to 4 years 5 to 14 years 15 or over Total -
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The vaccinal state of the children in the Council's residential establishments London at 31st December, 1951. was:—
Number Percentage of total -
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The position at 31st December, 1951, was:—
Number Percentage of total -
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Accident Section
No. of calls No. of cases* Mileage -
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The numbers of patients conveyed, with comparative figures for 1950, were
1950 1951 Increase or decrease -
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General Section Persons conveyed and mileage
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Hospital Car Service
Patients conveyed Mileage -
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Home Service Ambulance Department
Patients conveyed Mileage -
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West Ham Ambulance Service
Patients conveyed Mileage -
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The following are particulars of sessions, attendances, etc., for the year:—
*Clinic Sessions New Cases Attendances Staff (In terms of whole-time units) -
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The table below gives the number of patients completing treatment and of defaulters as shown by analysis of the returns from the clinics for 1951.
Syphilis Gonorrhoea Male Female Male Female -
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The following is a statement of admissions to recuperative holiday homes during the year:—
Unaccompanied children Expectant and nursing mothers and accompanied young children Other adults Under 5 years School children Mothers Children -
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Observation ward accommodation
Metropolitan Region Hospital Ntimber of beds Male Female Total -
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The following table shows the number of patients admitted to observation wards during 1931 and various years since:—
Year Number of admissions Male Female. Total -
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The following table shows the number of persons dealt with by the mental welfare officers during the year, together with the action taken:—
1951 1950 Male Female Total -
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The following table shows the ultimate disposal of the patients admitted to observation wards (including 171 patients in wards on 1.1.51):—
1951 1950 Male Female Total -
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Mental Deficiency Acts, 1913-1938 The following table shows the sources from which cases have been brought to notice under the Mental Deficiency Acts and the action taken thereon:—
Sources of information 1948 1949 1950 1951 Totals from 1.4.14 to 31.12.51 -
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Position at 31st December, 1951, with regard to the cases referred to in the last column of the preceding table, together with the position on the same date in the three preceding years:—
1948 1949 1950 1951 -
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* This figure includes cases on licence who are visited at regular intervals by officers of the Council on behalf of the Regional hospital boards as follows:—
1948 1949 1950 1951 -
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† In addition to the cases under supervision persons known to the local authority to be mentally defective but not subject to bo dealt with, are visited on a voluntary basis.
1948 1949 1950 1951 -
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‡ Of these the following were awaiting institutional care.
1948 1949 1950 1951 -
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Summary of cases dealt with during 1951, with the comparable figures for the three preceding years:—
1948 1949 1950 1951 -
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Routine (detailed) Inspections
1948 1949 1950 1951 No. % No. % No. % No. % -
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Other Inspections
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Pupils referred for treatment
Age Group and Sex 1948 1949 1950 1951 -
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The following table shows the percentages of the principal defects found in children of all age groups inspected at routine inspections and referred for treatment or observation, with comparable figures for 1948, 1949 and 1950:—
*Numbers examined 1948 1949 1950 1951 156,304 160,071 169,742 170,880 Percentages -
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Classification of general condition as found at routine medical inspections
A—Good B—Fair C—Poor -
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The percentages of children referred for treatment or observation on account of nutrition were:—
1948 % 1949 % 1950 % 1951 % -
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Percentage with Verminous Heads
1948 1949 1950 1951 -
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With the omission of nursery children, the percentages of pupils in the different age groups found at routine medical inspections to have defective teeth are shown below:—
1948 % 1949 % 1950 % 1951 % -
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Visual acuity—Percentage with normal vision (6/6) (with glasses, if worn)
1948 % 1949 % 1950 % 1951 % -
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A further table shows the percentage of children referred for treatment of defective vision:—
1948 % 1949 % 1950 % Already wearing spectacles 1951 Percentage not wearing spectacles Total -
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At the time of re-inspection, treatment had either already been obtained, or had been started, in the following percentages of cases:—
1948 1949 1950 1951 -
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The defects treated and the number of clinics available for the treatment of each defect are shown in the following table:—
Defect L.C.C. No. of Clinics Voluntary Total -
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Summary of work of Care organisers attached to Guy's Hospital in the year 1951
Eyes Children's Dept. Ear, nose and throat General Orthoptic Orthopaedic Skin -
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Six months after their return the following results were noted:—
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The number of examinations in each category was as follows:—
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Day Special Schools
Defect No. of schools Roll -
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Boarding Special Schools
Defect No. of schools Accommodation Roll Boarding Day -
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In addition to the handicapped children in the Council's own boarding special schools there were at the end of the year 877 of the Council's children in non-Council boarding special schools catering for the following handicaps:—
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The number of visits to schools made during 1950 by school nursing sisters in connection with outbreaks of the principal infectious diseases was:—
Diphtheria Scarlet Fever Measles Whooping Cough Chicken-pox Mumps Poliomyelitis Other diseases Total -
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It set itself the following standard:—
Age group No. of calories -
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Child guidance unit statistics
Brixton (opened 1.10.51) Battersea Earl's Court Total -
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The 44 patients taken on this year for treatment were referred by the following agents:—
No. of Cases -
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School Dental Service Staff
Full-time Part-Time Total Full-time Establishment Full-time Number Equivalent to Full-time -
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Statistics 1948 1949 1950 1951 -
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Ratio of permanent teeth restored to permanent teeth extracted
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service practitioners gave assistance. These statistics are additional to those in the preceding table.
1948 1949 1950 1951 -
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In addition to their work with fluoride, the hygienists assisted treatment by instruction on oral hygiene and by scalings and polishing of teeth. Dental Hygienists—Attendances and, Treatments
1950 1951 -
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Summary of Work Completed by Orthodontists
1950 1951 -
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Maternity and Child Welfare Dental Service
1948 1949 1950 1951 -
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The following statement shows the number of staff employed in the Public Health Department in December, 1951 (part-time staff being expressed as whole-time equivalents).
Type of staff Location Staff Employed at other establishments (a) Total 1951 Total 1950 Head office staff Divisional staff -
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Details of the year's capital expenditure were as follows:—
£ -
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After allowing for Government grant the services administered by the Public Health department cost the London ratepayer a rate of 9id. in the £. This was divided as follows:—
d. -
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The gross cost of the various services in 1950-51—including central administrative and loan charges and contributions to the Superannuation Fund—and the contributions recovered from recipients of the services were:—
Service Cost Amount recovered in charges £ £ -
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The following table shows the position in 1951 compared with 1948 :
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Net Movement of Workers and Scholars and Estimated Day Population
Area Resident (night) Population (1,000s) Total Inflow Total Outflow Net Movement Estimated Day.time Population (1,000s) No. (1,000s) % Population No. (1,000s) % Population + In — Out (1,000s) Increase or decrease — % Population -
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Inflow and Outflow of Workers and Scholars between Metropolitan Boroughs and Out County Areas
Area Resident Population (night) Inflow into Metropolitan boroughs Outflow from Metropolitan boroughs Total From other Metropolitan boroughs From outside the County Total To other Metropolitan boroughs To outside the County (1,000s) (1,000s) (1,000s) % total (1,000s) % total (1,000s) (1,000s) % total (1,000s) % total -
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Movement of Workers and Scholars separately
Workers Scholars Total (1,000s) % (1,000s) % (1,000s) % -
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Table I Percentage distribution of dwellings of various size
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Table II Percentage distribution of different types of dwelling covered by the survey
Health Divisioi No. Metropolitan Boroughs Family House Per cent. Converted Houses in Multiple Occ Per cent. Purpose. Built Flats Per cent. Other Per cent. -
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Table III Percentage distribution of different types of dwelling covered by the survey
Family House Per cent. Converted House in Multiple Occ. Per cent. Purpose. Built Flats Per cent. Other Per cent. -
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Table IV Percentage distribution of dwellings according to type and size
Type Number of Rooms -
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Table V Average size of dwellings covered by the survey (rooms per dwelling)
Health Divisioi Nos. Metropolitan Boroughs Family House Converted, House in Multiple Occ. Purpose. Built Flats Others (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) -
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Table VI Family accommodation rates according to type of dwelling covered by the survey (persons per room)
Health Divisioi No. Metropolitan Boroughs Family Houses Converted Houses in Mutiple Occ. Purpose. built Flats (1) (2) (3) (4) -
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Table VII Variations of accommodation rate according to size of dwelling covered by the survey
Rooms Percentage of Total Number of dwellings in the Sample Persons Per Room (1) (2) (3) (4) -
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Table VIII Distribution of dwellings and persons in the sample survey
Type Number of Dwellings Per cent. Number of Rooms Per cent. Number of Persona Per cent. -
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STATISTICS Table 1—Population of the Administrative County of London, 1921.51
Year Mid.year estimate of population Average age Total 0.4 5.14 15.24 25.44 45.64 66+ -
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Table 2—Vital statistics for the Metropolitan Boroughs and the Administrative County of London in the year 1951 (b)
Metropolitan boroughs arranged in divisional order Estimated home population mid 1951 Lire births Death.Rates Notifications of infectious disease Deaths Infant mortality (per 1,000 Jive births) Heart disease Other circulatory Cerebral vascular lesions Peptic ulcer Pulmonary tuberculosis Pneumonia Other respiratory diseases Cancer Violence Scarlet fever Diphtheria Poliomyelitis Meningococcal infection Acute pneumonia Measles Whooping cough Tuberculosis Paralytic Non Paralytic Pulmonary Non. Pulmonary -
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TABLE 4- adminnistrative country of london - civiliam deales in 1951 by case
Period Annual rate per 1,000 living Annual mortality per 1,000 living (6) Annual mortality per 1,000 Live Births Total births (c) Live births Marriages Deaths (all causes) Meningococcal infection Diphtheria Enteric fever Scarlet lever Smallpox Whooping. cough Measles Tuberculosis Pneumonia (all forms) Bronchitis Other resp. diseases Heart disease Cancer Diabetes Infants 0—1 Diarrhoea and enteritis 0—2 Puerperal fever Other child.birth Influenza Pulmonary Non.pulmonary -
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Table 4—Administrative County of London—Civilian deaths in 1951 by cause
Cause Sex 0— 1— 5— 15— 25— 45— 85— 75 + Total 1951 1950 -
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Table 4—Administrative County of London—Civilian deaths in 1951 by cause
Case Sex 0— 1— 1— 15 — 25— 45— 65— 75 + Total 1951 1950 -
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Table 5—Administrative County of London, Live births and Still.births, 1931.51
Year Live-births Still-births No. Rate per 1,000 total population No. Rate per 1,000 live and still.births -
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Table 6—Administrative County of London—Infant mortality, 1951
Cause of death Age at death Total Rates per 1,000 live births Under 1 day 1 to 7 days 1 to 4 wks. 4 wks. to 1 yr. No. Male Fe-male Total Male Female -
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Table 7—Administrative County of London—Infant mortality by cause, 1915.51 (Rates per 1,000 live births)
Cause of death 1915 to 1918 1919 to 1922 1923 to 1926 1927 to 1930 1931 to 1934 1935 to 1938 1939 to 1942 1943 to 1948 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 -
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Table 8 —Administrative County of London and England and Wales—Maternal mortality (excluding abortion)—1942.51 (Rates per 1,000 total births)
1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 -
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Table 10 —Administrative County of London—Primary notifications (a) of, and deaths from, tuberculosis
Year Pulmonary tuberculosis Non-pulmonary tuberculosis Formal Primary notifications Deaths Formal primary notifications Deaths No. Annual rate per 1.000 living No. Annual rate per 1,000 living No. Annual rate per 1,000 living No. Annual rate per 1,000 living -
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Table 9 —Administrative County of London—Notifiable infectious diseases—Annual number of notifications and numbers per 1,000 of population—1931.1951
Year Anthrax Meningococcal infection Continued fever Diphtheria Dysentery Acute Encephalitis (g) Enteric fever Erysipelas Malaria Measles Ophthalmia neonatorum Pneumonia Poliomyelitis Puerperal pyrexia Scabies Scarlet fever Smallpox Typhus Whooping cough Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Oases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate -
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Table 11(a)- Administrative County of London -Primary notifications of tuberculosis, 1951
Form of tuberculosis notified Sex Number of formal primary notifications of new cases of tuberculosis Total all ages -
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Table 11(B)— New cases of tuberculosis recorded by means other than notification, 1951
Form of tuberculosis Sex New cases of tuberculosis coming to knowledge otherwise than by formal notification Total -
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The sources of information as to the unnotified cases shown above were as follows:—
Source of information Number of cases Pulmonary Non-pulmonary -
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Table 11(c)— Numbers on the registers, 1942-51
1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 -
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Table 12(a)— Administrative County of London—Primary notifications of tuberculosis, 1946.51, by age and sex Rates per 1,000 living (i) Pulmonary
Sex Age 1946 1947 1948 1949 19 50 19 51 No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate -
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Table 12(6)— Deaths from tuberculosis by age and sex (i) Pulmonary
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Table 13— Administrative County of London—Primary notifications of non.pulmonary tuberculosis 1946.51, distribution according to site Rates per 1,000 living are shown in parentheses against the number of cases
Age group Year Site of tuberculosis lesion Bones and Joints Abdomen Peripheral glands Meninges Other sites («) Total -
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Table 14.— Administrative County of London—Cases of infectious illness reported from schools in 1951 and preceding years
Year Chicken.pox Diphtheria German measles Impetigo Measles Mumps Ophthalmia and conjunctivitis Poliomyelitis Ringworm Scabies Scarlet fever Whooping. cough -
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Table 14.— —School leavers contra-indications for employment (a)
Contra-indications Boys Girls No. Per cent, of inspected pupils (11,702) No. Per cent, of inspected pupils (12,309) -
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Children recommended far ascertainment as handicapped pupils Table 16—Vision cases A. Children not in special schools :—
Boys Girls Total -
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B. Children already in attendance at special schools
Boys Oirls Total -
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Table 17—Hearing cases
Boys Qirls Total -
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Table 18—Epilepsy cases A. Children not in special schools.
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Table 19— Educationally subnormal A. Children not in special schools :—
Boys Girls Total -
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B. (i) Children in attendance at special E.S.N, schools :—
Boys Girls Total -
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B. (ii) Children in attendance at special E.S.N, classes in ordinary schools :—
Boys Oirls Total -
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Table 21 Physically handicapped children A. Children not in special schools :—
Boys Oirls Total -
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(i) Number of these children recommended for schools for physically handicapped children:—
Morbid condition Day Boarding Grand Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total -
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(ii) Number of these children recommended for ordinary school:—
Morbid condition Boys Girls Total -
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B. Children already in attendance at special (P.H.) schools :—
Boys Girls Total -
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(i) Number of these children found to be no longer in need of special educational treatment:—
Morbid condition Day Boarding Grand Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total -
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(ii) Other recommendations :—
Morbid oondition Day P.H. Schools Boarding P.H. Schools Continue day Transfer to res. Continue res. Transfer to day Grand Total -
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Table 22—Dual defects The following children were found on examination to suffer from more than one handicap :—
Boys Qirls Total -
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Table 23— Speech defects
Boys Oirls Total -
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Table 24 Maladjusted children
Boys Girls Total -
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Table 25—Nominations for in-patient treatment under the Rheumatism Scheme, 1949-1951
1949 1950 1951 -
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Supervision
1949 1950 1951 -
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Table 26—Condition on discharge in 1951 of London children treated in Queen Mary's Hospital, Carshalton
Sex Fit for ordinary school or ordinary employment Fit for p.h. school or light employment Unfit for school or work Died Total No. Percentage No. Percentage No. Percentage No. Percentage -
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Table 27—Percentage number of children with cardiac involvement admitted to the special rheumatism units, 1937.1951
1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 -
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Table 29—Treatment of venereal disease at London clinics
Year Syphilis S. Ch ancre Gonorrhoea M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. -
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Table 28—Admissions of London children to Queen Mary's Hospital, Carshalton, in 1951
Sex Articular rheumatism Chorea Articular rheumatism and chorea Percentage with Valvular damage Percentage with 1 Valvular damage Percentage with Valvular damage No. admitted Carditis Pericarditis only Mitral Mitral and aortic and pericarditis No cardiac involvement No. admitted Carditis Pericarditis only Mitral Mitral and aortic and pericarditis No cardiac involvement No. admitted Carditis Pericarditis only Mitral Mitral and aortic and pericarditis No cardiac involve. I ment -
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Table 30 Statistics of the administrative work carried out by the Metropolitan Borough Councils in 1951
Borough No. of houses in borough Public Health Act Housing Acts, 1936 No. of houses inspected on account of complaints or illness No. of statutory notices served No. of prosecutions No. of houses repaired or nuisances remedied No. of houses inspected Section 25 Section 9 and 10 Number of houses demolished Closing Orders Overcrowding No. of dwellings for working oliisses erected during the year Underground rooms Houses let in lodgings No. of houses represented No. of houses demolished iNO. Ot houses repaired No. of families overcrowded No. of families alternative accom. obtained Xo. occupied but unlit No. closed or modified occupation approved No. of closing orders determined No. in borough No. of inspections No. of prosecutions No. of complaints ' remedied No. made No. determined i*y owners By L.A. Section 11 Voluntarily -
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TABLE 30 Contineud
Borough Table 30 (continued) Cowsheds Slaughterhouses Offensive trades Smoke nuisancer Common lodging houses Cleansing of persons and rooms Water supply Dairies and milk shops Ice.cream premises Restaurants ami eating houses No. licensed No. of inspections No. licensed No. of inspections No. authorised No. of inspections Observations Intimations Complaints Notices Houses licensed tfo. of inspections Persons Booms or premises Tenement houses extra supply No. on register No. of inspections No. on register No. of inspections No. of places No. of inspections Adults Children After infectious diseases For vermin -
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Table 31 Administrative County of London Occupations of males and females—Census 1931 ami 1951
Occupation Males Females -
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Table 32 Administrative County of London Household arrangements of private households—Census 1951
Households Proportion per 100 households without exclusive use of Persons per room (Nearest thousand) Water Closet Fixed bath Both stove and sink 1951 1931 -
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Table 32—continued. Administrative County of London Household arrangements of private households—Census 1951
Households Proportion per 100 households without exclusive use of Persons per room (Nearest thousand) Water Closet Fixed bath Both stove and sink 1951 1931