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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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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Estimated population—mid 1960 | 437,630 | 501,720 | 277,650 | 256,160 | 209,660 | 303,110 | 396,350 | 366,280 | 445,920 | 3,194,480 | |||||||||||
Sessions | 3,645 | 611 | 3,395 | 3,964 | 401 | 1,941 | 3,611 | 1,692 | 26,907 | ||||||||||||
Live births | 7,931 | 8,300 | 6,074 | 5,079 | 3,737 | 4,724 | 6,712 | 7,293 | 7,518 | 57,368 | Total attendances...... | 25,474 | 3,388 | 23,390 | 28,866 | 2,574 | 58,327 | 11,226 | 23,694 | 9,796 | 186,735 |
Rate per 1,000 population | 18.1 | 16.5 | 21.9 | 19.8 | 17.8 | 15.6 | 16.9 | 19.9 | 16.9 | 18.0 | |||||||||||
Deaths under 1 month | 122 | 144 | 95 | 57 | 55 | 73 | 112 | 115 | 113 | 886 | |||||||||||
Rate per 1,000 live births | 15.4 | 17.3 | 15.6 | 11.2 | 14.7 | 15.5 | 16.7 | 15.8 | 15 0 | 15.4 | Number of places at 31 Dec. | 624 | 975 | 346 | 379 | 325 | 55 | 294 | 634 | 437 | 4,069 |
Total attendances...... | 143,904 | 226,939 | 80,501 | 90,217 | 67,116 | 12,456 | 63,369 | 146,784 | 90,923 | 922,209 | |||||||||||
All ages | 4,846 | 5,602 | 3,070 | 2,897 | 2,289 | 3,120 | 4,412 | 4,156 | 6,129 | 36,521 | |||||||||||
Rate per 1,000 population | 111 | 11.2 | 111 | 11.3 | 10.9 | 10.3 | 111 | 11.4 | 13.7 | 11.4 | Statutorily registered 31 Dec. | 30 | 13 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 43 | 39 | 1 | 27 | 202 |
Children minded (authorised no.) | 95 | 83 | 86 | 88 | 14 | 232 | 200 | 12 | 213 | 1,023 | |||||||||||
Voluntarily registered 31 Dec. | 154 | 150 | 139 | 81 | 74 | 116 | 146 | 113 | 16 | 989 | |||||||||||
Effective visits | 106,402 | 102,959 | 65,991 | 62,390 | 63,547 | 67,704 | 86,629 | 108,961 | 70,393 | 734,976 | Children minded | 213 | 153 | 180 | 96 | 86 | 122 | 170 | 138 | 29 | 1,187 |
Staff at 31 Dec. W/T equivalents | 48 | 53 | 38 | 29 | 33 | 38 | 48 | 56 | 55 | 398 | |||||||||||
Households attended | 4,469 | 4,850 | 2,862 | 4,413 | 3,044 | 3,505 | 5,599 | 4,586 | 4,703 | 38,031 | |||||||||||
Children— | Households attended per 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sessions | 2,816 | 3,963 | 2,546 | 1,859 | 2,031 | 2,918 | 2,959 | 2,884 | 2,582 | 24,558 | population | 10.2 | 9.6 | 10.3 | 17.2 | 14 5 | 11.6 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.5 | 11.9 |
Total attendances | 88,185 | 119,248 | 74,909 | 65,780 | 55,452 | 83,012 | 95,825 | 95,201 | 102,016 | 779,628 | |||||||||||
Age 0.1—First attendances % of live births | 80 | 90 | 90 | 93 | 87 | 97 | 87 | 82 | 87 | 88 | |||||||||||
Total visits | 224,068 | 244,258 | 141,436 | 138,568 | 136,430 | 187,495 | 211,828 | 217,461 | 188,540 | 1,690,084 | |||||||||||
Expectant mothers— | Visits per 1,000 population | 512 | 487 | 509 | 541 | 651 | 619 | 534 | 594 | 423 | 529 | ||||||||||
Sessions | 1,567 | 1,612 | 1,146 | 333 | 327 | 1,924 | 1,638 | 670 | 760 | 9,977 | |||||||||||
First attendances | 4,344 | 5,354 | 4,024 | 1,004 | 622 | 2,831 | 2,747 | 2,421 | 2,108 | 25,455 | |||||||||||
% of live and still.births | 54 | 63 | 65 | 19 | 16 | 59 | 40 | 32 | 28 | 43 | Medical inspection, routine, special, reinspection | 34,137 | 29,599 | 28,369 | 20,877 | 28,065 | 34,746 | 36,932 | 29,105 | 40,624 | 282,454 |
Total attendances | 18,968 | 25,599 | 19,465 | 5,042 | 4,424 | 18,164 | 16,608 | 12,668 | 12,124 | 133,062 | |||||||||||
Health surveys | 95,797 | 89,410 | 82,091 | 45,996 | 54,056 | 75,735 | 147,685 | 62,926 | 107,842 | 761,538 | |||||||||||
Hospital/specialist clinics— | |||||||||||||||||||||
Poliomyelitis— | New cases | 3,892 | 3,995 | 4,551 | 2,617 | 3,208 | 3,642 | 4,576 | 3,417 | 4,196 | 34,094 | ||||||||||
Two injections | Total attendances | 9,096 | 12,078 | 14,118 | 6,585 | 7,810 | 8,494 | 10,206 | 10,709 | 14,501 | 93,597 | ||||||||||
born 1953.60 | 5,285 | 6,189 | 4,709 | 4,220 | 2,757 | 3,804 | 4,953 | 5,211 | 6,706 | 43,834 | |||||||||||
bom 1943.52 | 895 | 1,754 | 1,547 | 1,358 | 517 | 1,087 | 1,251 | 1,268 | 1,508 | 11,185 | |||||||||||
born 1933.42 | 3,567 | 6,153 | 3,691 | 2,415 | 3,819 | 2,340 | 2,250 | 2,172 | 3,176 | 29,583 | Schools— | ||||||||||
born 1932 or earlier and under | New cases | 7,297 | 10,211 | 7,165 | 12,932 | 7,217 | 6,585 | 8,030 | 8,873 | 9,471 | 77,781 | ||||||||||
40 years | 7,006 | 13,237 | 9,364 | 5,018 | 10,652 | 5,892 | 6,719 | 8,801 | 8,629 | 75,318 | New cases per 1,000 population age 5.14 | 163 | 230 | 203 | 375 | 235 | 147 | 140 | 176 | 155 | 193 |
over 40 years | 270 | 1,051 | 41 | 190 | 52 | 232 | 862 | 87 | 154 | 2,939 | |||||||||||
Total | 17,023 | 28,384 | 19,352 | 13,201 | 17,797 | 13,355 | 16,035 | 17,539 | 20,173 | 162,859 | Total attendances | 27,135 | 35,776 | 22,090 | 37,815 | 21,652 | 20,487 | 26,706 | 32,349 | 32,973 | 256,983 |
Third injections | 31,232 | 52,097 | 30,848 | 21,736 | 31,293 | 23,346 | 33,689 | 27,485 | 28,773 | 280,499 | Maternity and child welfare— First treatment | 646 | 606 | 346 | 1,096 | 302 | 377 | 246 | 357 | 285 | 4,261 |
Smallpox—Vaccinations | 3,525 | 4,261 | 3,163 | 2,395 | 1,455 | 2,636 | 3,899 | 3,141 | 3,856 | 28,331 | Total attendances | 3,749 | 3,152 | 3,899 | 4,208 | 1,353 | 1,429 | 653 | 1,269 | 999 | 20,711 |
Re.vaccinations | 293 | 1,062 | 255 | 389 | 167 | 295 | 359 | 294 | 460 | 3,574 | |||||||||||
Diphtheria—Primary course | 7,872 | 7,498 | 6,687 | 4,649 | 4,021 | 4,549 | 6,896 | 7,940 | 6,719 | 56,831 | |||||||||||
Reinforcing injections | 5,001 | 5,419 | 5,218 | 1,750 | 3,634 | 3,250 | 3,980 | 9,620 | 2,639 | 40,511 | |||||||||||
Whooping cough—Primary course | 6,620 | 6,272 | 5,178 | 4,347 | 3,216 | 4,147 | 6,133 | 6,325 | 6,301 | 48,539 | |||||||||||
Reinforcing injections | 805 | 607 | 288 | 560 | 196 | 799 | 1,079 | 697 | 599 | 5,630 | |||||||||||
Tetanus—Primary course | 6,964 | 6,124 | 5,510 | 4,386 | 3,311 | 4,126 | 6,109 | 6,177 | 5,898 | 48,605 | |||||||||||
Reinforcing injections | 973 | 549 | 446 | 337 | 117 | 805 | 1,010 | 998 | 483 | 5,718 |