Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table V.2—Principal vital statistics—Administrative County of London, 1949-1958
TABLE V.2 Principal vital statistics- Administrative County Of London,1949-1958
Year | Annual rate per 1,000 living | Annual mortality per 1,000 living (a) | Annual mortality | |||||||||||||||||
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Infant (per 1,000 live births) | Maternal (per 1,000 total births) | |||||||||||||||||||
Live births | Deaths (all causes) | |||||||||||||||||||
Crude rate | Adjusted rate | Crude rate | Adjusted rate | Tuberculosis | Cancer | Vascular lesions of C.N.S. | Heart disease | Other circulatory disease | Influenza | Pneumonia (all forms) | Bronchitis | Other resp. diseases | Violence | Infants 0—1 | Diarrhoea and enteritis 0—2 | |||||
j Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | Suicide | Road accidents | Other violence | ||||||||||||||||
1949 | 16.7 | 15.0 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 0.47 | 0.05 | 2.10 | 1.07 | 3.31 | 0.65 | 0.11 | 0.61 | 0.90 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.24 | 27 | 1.7 | 0.71 | |
1950 | 15.7 | 14.2 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 0.36 | 0.04 | 2.20 | 1.11 | 3.54 | 0.45 | 0.08 | 0.50 | 0.78 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.08 | 0.25 | 26 | 1.2 | 0.69 |
1951 | 15.6 | 140 | 12.6 | 12.7 | 0.34 | 0.04 | 2.27 | 1.22 | 3.87 | 0.46 | 0.24 | 0.64 | 1.14 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.24 | 25 | 0.8 | 0.79 |
1952 | 15.3 | 13.8 | 120 | 12.1 | 0.28 | 0.03 | 2.30 | 1.27 | 3.55 | 0.62 | 0.05 | 0.61 | 1.09 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.22 | 23 | 0.8 | 0.95 |
1953 | 15.3 | 13.3 | 11.6 | 11.5 | 0.21 | 0.02 | 2.34 | 1.20 | 3.25 | 0.59 | 0.15 | 0.64 | 1.07 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0-08 | 0.21 | 24 | 1.4 | 0.71 |
1954 | 15.2 | 13.3 | 10.7 | 10.6 | 0.18 | 002 | 2.31 | 1.20 | 3.22 | 0.60 | 0.02 | 0.48 | 0.66 | 0.10 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.21 | 21 | 0.5 | 0.66 |
1955 | 15.1 | 13.3 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 0.16 | 0.01 | 2.39 | 1.25 | 3.37 | 0.61 | 0.05 | 0.63 | 0.88 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.22 | 23 | 0.5 | 0.77 |
1956 | 15.9 | 14.0 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 0.13 | 0.01 | 2.42 | 1.27 | 3.46 | 0.59 | 0.04 | 0.67 | 096 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.10 | 0.22 | 21 | 0.4 | 0.51 |
1957 | 16.2 | 14.4 | 11.4 | 11.3 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 2.45 | 1.19 | 3.34 | 0.56 | 0.12 | 0.65 | 0.83 | 0.10 | 0.15 | 009 | 0.21 | 22 | 0.5 | 0.52 |
1958 | 16.8 | 15.0 | 11.8 | 11.6 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 2.47 | 1.29 | 3.52 | 0.59 | 0.05 | 0.70 | 0.92 | 0.11 | 0.17 | 0.111 | 0.22 | 22 | 0.4 | 0.60 |
(a) Death rates in 1949 relate to the civilian population only.
(b) Deaths from motor vehicles and other road traffic accidents.
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