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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Year | Mid.year estimate of population by the Registrar General, by age groups | Average age (years) | ||||||
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Total | 0.4 | 5.14 | 15.24 | 25.44 | 45.64 | 65+ |
Live births | Stillbirths | |||
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Year | No. | Rate per 1,000 population | No. | Rate per 1,000 total births (live and still) |
Year | Illegitimate live births | Illegitimate live births as a percentage of total live births | |
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London A.C. | England and Wales |
British (U.K.) | Eire | European | West Indian | Other | Total |
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Deaths | Rate per 1,000 population |
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Age and Sex | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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Year | Age | |||||
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25.44 | 45.64 | 65+ | ||||
No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate |
Age (years) | ||||||||
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O.4 | 5.44 | 45.64 | 65 and over | |||||
No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate |
Age (years) | ||||||||
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0.4 | 5.44 | 45.64 | 65 and over | |||||
No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate |
Year | 45.54 | 55.64 | 65.74 | 75 and over | 45 and over |
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Boroughs | S.M.R. 1950.53 (England and Wales = 100) | Percentage of social classes IVand V 1951 | Percentage born in London 1951 | Atmospheric pollution 1944.54 | ||
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Solid deposit | SO4 | |||||
Male | Female | (a) | (b) |
Cause of death | Age at death | Total | Rates per 1,000 live births | ||||||||
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Under I day | 1 to 7 days | 1 to 4 wks. | 4 wks. to 1 yr. | No. | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female |
Cause of death | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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Neo.natal mortality | Infant mortality | |||
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London | England and Wales | London | England and Wales | |
Year |
Weight | Number | Proportion per 100 live premature infants | Died within 24 hours | Survived 28 days | ||
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Number | Per 100 live premature infants | Number | Per 100 live premature infants |
Year | London | England and Wales | Year | London | England and Wales |
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Code No. | Cause | Male | Female | ||
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Number | Per cent. | Number | Per cent. |
Year | Live births and stillbirths | Deaths in pregnancy or childbirth excluding abortion | Postabortion deaths | Total maternal deaths | |
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No. | Rate per 1,000 total births |
Winter | ' Smoke' (b) | ' Sulphur dioxide' (c) | Ratio smoke ISO |
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Year | 0—4 years | 5.14 years | 15 years and over | Total | |||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. |
Final diagnosis | Notified as paralytic | Notified as non.paralytic | Total (all ages) | ||||||
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0.4 years | 5.14 years | 15+ years | Total | 0.4 years | 5.14 years | 15 + years | Total |
Age | Vaccinated* | Not vaccinated | Not known | Total | ||||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
Year | Annual rate per 1,000 living | Annual mortality— | ||||||||||||||||||
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Annual mortality per 1,000 living | 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 | |||||
Pulmonary | Non.pulmonary | Suicide | Road accidents | Other violence |
Cause | Sex | 0- | 1- | 5— | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75+ | Total | |
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1960 | 1959 |
Cause | Sex | 0. | 1. | 5. | 15. | 25. | 45. | 65. | 75+ | Total | |
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1960 | 1959 |
Temperature Difference from | Rainfall Difference from | Sunshine Difference from |
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Year | Anthrax | Diphtheria | Dysentery | Acute encephalitis | Enteric fever | Erysipelas | Malaria | Measles | Meningococcal infection | Ophthalmia neonatorum | Pneumonia | Poliomyelitis | Puerperal pyrexia | Scabies | Scarlet fever | Smallpox | Typhus | Whooping cough | Food poisoning | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rale | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Paralytic | Non.par. | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | |||
Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate |
Four. weekly periods 1960 | Dysentery | Measles | Meningococcal infection | Pneumonia | Poliomyelitis | Scarlet fever | Whooping cough | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paralytic | Non.paralytic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ages | Ages | Ages | Ages | Ages | Ages | Ages | Ages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
0—4 | 5—14 | 15+ | Total | 0—4 | 5—14 | 15+ | Total | 0—4 | 5—14 | 15+ | Total | 0—4 | 5—14 | 75 + | Total | 0—4 | 5—14 | 15+ | Total | 0—4 | 5—14 | 15+ | Total | O.4 | 5—14 | 15+ | Total | 0—4 | 5—74 | 75+ | Total |
Year | Pulmonary tuberculosis | Non.pulmonary tuberculosis | ||||||
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Statutory notifications | Deaths | Statutory 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 |
Age | |||||||||||
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0.4 | 5.14 | 15.44 | 45 and over | All ages | |||||||
Year | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F |
Year | Age | |||||||||
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0.4 | 5.14 | 15.44 | 45 and over | All ages | ||||||
M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F |
Form of tuberculosis notified | Sex | Number of notifications of new cases of tuberculosis by age | Total all ages | |||||||||||
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0- | 1- | 5- | lO- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75+ |
Form of tuberculosis | Sex | Age at death | Total all ages | |||||||
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0— | 1— | 5— | 15— | 25— | 45— | 65— | 75+ |
Site of tuberculous lesion | Numbers of notifications of new cases of non.pulmonary tuberculosis by age | Total all ages | |||
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0-4 | 5-14 | 15-24 | 25+ |
Registrar General's short classification of employment | Population Census 1951 | Notifications (a) | ||||
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Males | Females | |||||
Males | Females | No. | Rate per 1,000 population (b) | No. | Rate per 1,000 population (b) |
At 31st Dec. | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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Establishment | Notified case | Children | Adults | ||||
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Tuberculin tested | Positive reactors | X-rayed | Abnormal | X-rayed | Abnormal |
1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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Metropolitan Boroughs | Estimated home population mid 1960 | New notifications | New notifications per 1,000 population | Deaths from tuberculosis | Tuberculosis deaths per 1,000 population | Pulmonary tuberculosis deaths per 1,000 population aged 15 and over | Number of tuberculosis cases on clinic registers at 31.12.60 | Cases on register per 1,000 population | ||||||
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Pulmonary | Tuberculosis of Meninges and C.N.S. | Other non. pulmonary tuberculosis | Total | Pulmonary | Non. pulmonary tuberculosis | Total deaths | ||||||||
Total | Percentage of pulmonary cases positive during 1960 |
Division | No. of 13.year. old school children | Total No. of consents | Alleged contacts of known cases | No. of children tested and read by B.C.G. units | Children not dealt with because of refusal of consent or absence | Positive Reactors 0among (4)) | No. of negative reactors vaccinated by B.C.G. units | ||
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Consents included in (2) | No. | Per cent. of( 1) | No. | Per cent. |
1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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Designation | Samples examined | T.B. bacillus isolated | T.B. bacillus NOT isolated | Passed phosphatase test | Tests not completed* |
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Age | Principal cause of defective vision | ||||
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Cataract | Glaucoma | Retrolental fibroplasia | Other conditions | Total |
No. of patients examined | Treatments recommended | Optical | Hospital supervision | |||||
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None | Medical | Surgical | ||||||
Early | Later | V general condition permits |
Principal cause of defective vision | |||||
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Cataract | Glaucoma | Retrolental fibroplasia | Other conditions | Total |
1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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Number of beds in homes | Number of homes | Number of beds provided | ||
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Maternity* | Others† | Total |
Standards | Agar count 1 ml. 37°C. 48 hrs. | Presumptive coliform pollution without faecal | Faecal coliform pollution | ||
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0-10 | 11-100 | Over 100 |
Health Division | Premises | Works proposed |
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Health Division | Premises | Work involved |
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Health Division | Premises | Work involved |
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Health Division | Premises | Work involved |
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Health Division | Premises | Work involved |
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Health Division | Property | Interest obtained |
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1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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At 31 December | |||||
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1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | I960 |
No. | % |
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London (Administrative County) | Elsewhere | Total |
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(a) | Living with mother | No. | % |
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1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | ||||||||
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Doctor present | Doctor not present | Doctor present | Doctor not present | Doctor present | Doctor not present | Doctor present | Doctor not present | Doctor present | Doctor not present | |||
No. | % | No. | % |
1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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Weight | Number | Proportion per 100 live premature infants | Deaths in 24 hours | Survivors at 28 days | ||
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Number | Per 100 live premature infants | Number | Per 100 live premature infants |
1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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Home visits | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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Type of case | Number of patients nursed | Percentage of total | Average number of visits to each patient | Total visits |
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Visits for | At patient's home | Elsewhere (e.g.. Nurses' Homes) | Percentage of total visits |
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Number | Percentage of total patients nursed |
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Age | No. of patients | Percentage of total |
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1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | I960 |
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1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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Number of persons who have received | |||
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Two injections | A third injection (cumulative total) | ||
In 1960 | Since the commencement of the scheme |
1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | I960 |
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1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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Year | Number of calls received | Ambulance not required | Average time to incident (in minutes) | Average time from incident to hospital (in minutes) |
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1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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Year | New cases | Attendances | Staff at the end of the year (in terms of whole units) |
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Group | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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Year | New cases | Total attendances | ||||||||||
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Syphilis | S. Chancre | Gonorrhoea | Total venereal cases | Total non-venereal cases | ||||||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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Divisions | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total |
Divisions | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total |
Divisions | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total | |||||||||||
Talks | Attendances | Talks | Attendances | Talks | Attendances | Talks | Attendances | Talks | Attendances | Talks | Attendances | Talks | Attendances | Talks | Attendances | Talks | Attendances | Talks | Attendances |
1959 | 1960 |
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1959 | 1960 | |||
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No. | % | No. | %. |
1959 | 1960 | |||
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No. | % | No. | % |
1959 | 1960 | |||
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No. | % | No. | % |
Source of information | 1959 | 1960 |
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Under 16 years | 16 years and over | Total |
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1959 | 1960 |
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1959 | 1960 |
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Age groups | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | |||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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Nature of inspection | Number inspected |
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Age groups inspected | For defective vision (excluding squint) | For other conditions | Total individual pupils |
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Age and sex | All defects | Vision defect | Defects other than vision | |||||
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1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1959 | 1960 | 1959 | 1960 |
1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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Head teacher | School health visitor | Referred by. Divisional officer (Education) | Care committee | Parent |
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Age Group | Number of pupils inspected | Parent present | Care committee representatives present at inspection |
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% | % |
Year of birth | Year of examination | ||
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1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
1959 | 1960 |
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Age Group | Boys | ||||||||
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Not wearing spectacles | Wearing spectacles | ||||||||
6/6 | 6/9 | 6/12 or worse | Referred for treatment | 6/6 | 6/9 | 6/12 or worse | Referred for treatment |
1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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Contra.indications | Boys | Girls |
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1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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Age group | Number of pupils inspected | % vaccinated against smallpox | % immunised against diphtheria | % immunised against whooping cough | % vaccinated against poliomyelitis |
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Type of clinic | Sessions | New cases | Attendances |
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Day special schools | Boarding special schools | Non.council boarding schools, hostels, foster.homes hospitals, etc. | Total |
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1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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Reasons for admission | Boys | Girls | Total | Numbers with dual defect | Numbers with triple defect | |||
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No. | Per cent. | No. | Per cent. | No. | Per cent. |
Number | Percentage |
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Reasons for admission | Ages on admission (years) | |||||||||||
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4- | 5- | 6- | 7- | 8- | 9- | 10- | 11- | 12- | 13- | 14- | all ages |
Reasons for admission | Special education completed | Special education continuing elsewhere | ||
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Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage |
Reasons for admission | Duration of stay (years) | |||||||||||
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0- | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5- | 6- | 7- | 8- | 9- | 10- | Total |
Battersea | Brixton | Earl's Court | Peckham | Woodberry Down | Total |
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1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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Types of staff | Location | |||
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Central office | Divisional offices and establishments (a) | Other establishments (b) | Total |
1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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Service | Cost | Amount recovered in contributions |
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£ | £ |
Ante-natal care | Status | Moved into district late | Booked late | Booked for home confinement but developed complications | Booked for hospital but defaulted |
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Places visited | Times | No. of visits* | No. of injections | A verage per visit | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Total |
Health division | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total | Health division | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total |
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1938 | 1960 |
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Hospital | No. of midwives | Place of ante-natal care (Hospital or Councils A.N. clinic) | No. of deliveries in 1960 |
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1956 | 1960 |
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Weight | Number | Per 100 live premature infants | Deaths in 24 hours | Survivors at 28 days | ||
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Number | Per 100 live premature infants | Number | Per 100 live premature infants |
1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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1956 % | 1960 % |
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Age | L.C.C. | D.N.A. | Hospital | Total | ||||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
Age | Parity | |||||||||||
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0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 and over | Not stated |
Parity | Total confinements | Hospital offered | Per cent. |
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1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
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Month | Total cases | Emergencies | Unable to book | |||||||||
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Divisions | Total | |||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
Borough | DWELLINGS | CLEARANCE AREAS | DWELLING HOUSES | AIR POLLUTION | CLEANSING AND DISINFECTION | LICENSED OR REGISTERED PREMISES | PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Erected by Borough Council | Erected by other persons | Total number in the Borough | Unfit houses | Other houses | Inspections | Repaired as a result of informal action | Defects remedied after service of formal notice | Houses closed in pursuance of owner's undertaking | Demolition Orders made | Persons displaced | Closing Orders made in lieu of Demolition Orders | Persons displaced | Closing Orders determined | Closing Orders revoked and Demolition Orders made | Houses demolished as a result of formal or informal procedure | Persons displaced | Rooms closed | Undertakings accepted | Water supply provided to tenement houses | Complaints | Observations | Intimation notices served | Nuisance notices served | Prosecutions | Smoke Control Orders confirmed | Adults cleansed | Children cleansed | Premises disinfected | Premises disinfested | Licensed slaughterhouses | Other offensive trades | Dairies and milk shops | Ice cream premises | Common and Seamen's Lodging Houses | Establishment | Employed at end of year | Assistants employed at end of year | |||||||||||||||||||||
Demolished | Persons displaced | Demolished | Persons displaced | Initial visits on complaint | With a view to action under Part 11 of the Housing Act, 1957. | Other reasons | Re-inspections | Public Health (London) Act, 1936 | Housing Act, 1957 | Underground rooms | Other rooms | Underground rooms | Other rooms | At home | At cleansing station | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
By owners | By local authority | By owners | By local authority | Made fit for occupation by number of families accommodated | Overcrowding abated | Number | Persons displaced | Number | Persons displaced | Number | Persons displaced | Number |