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+ |
Year | Live births | Stillbirths | ||
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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 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
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Year | Age | |||||
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25-44 | 45-64 | 65+ | ||||
No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate |
Cause of death | Age at death | Total | Rates per 1,000 live births | |||||||||
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Under 1 day | 1 to 7 days | 1 to 4 wks. | 4 wks. to 1 yr. | No. | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female |
Cause of death | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
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Year | (Rates per 1,000 live births) Neo-natal mortality | Infant mortality | ||
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London | England and Wales | London | England and Wales |
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 | 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 | Vaccinated1 | Not vaccinated | Not known | Total | ||||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
Metropolitan Boroughs | Estimated home population mid 1961 | Live birth rate | Death rate (all causes) | Infant mortality (per 1,000 live births) | Death rates | Notifications of infectious disease | |||||||||||||||||
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Cancer | Vascular lesions of C.N.S. | Heart disease | Other circulatory | Pneu-monia | Other respiratory (excluding tuberculosis) | Violence | Dysentery | Food poisoning | Measles | Pneumonia | Poliomyelitis | Scarlet fever | Whooping cough | Tuberculosis | |||||||||
Crude | Adjusted | Crude | Adjusted | ||||||||||||||||||||
Paralytic | Nonparalytic | Pulmonary | Nonpulmonary |
Year | Annual rale per 1,000 living | Annual mortality per 1,000 living | 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 | |||||
Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | Suicide | Road accidents | Other violence |
Cause | Sex | 0- | 1 — | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75+ | Total | |
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1961 | 1960 |
Cause | Sex | 0- | 1 - | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75+ | Total | |
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1961 | 1960 |
Month | Temperature Difference from | Rainfall Difference from | Sunshine Difference from | |||
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Mean (a) | Average (b) | Total | Average (b) | Total | Average (c) | |
°F | °F | ins. | ins. | hrs. | hrs. |
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 | Rate | 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 1961 | 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 | 15+ | Total | 0-4 | 5—14 | 15+ | Total | 0—4 | 5—74 | 75+ | Total | 0—4 | 5—74 | 75+ | Total | 0-4 | 5—14 | 15 + | 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 |
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 |
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- | 10- | 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+ |
At 31st Dec. | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
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Establishment | Notified case | Children | Adults | ||||
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Tuberculin tested | Positive reactors | X-rayed | Abnormal | X-rayed | Abnormal |
1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
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Metropolitan Boroughs | Estimated home population mid 1961 | Pulmonary | New notifications | 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 31.12.61 | Cases on register per 1,000 population | ||||||
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Tuberculosis of Meninges and C.N.S. | Other non-pulmonary tuberculosis | Total | New notifications per 1,000 population | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary tuberculosis | Total deaths | Total | Percentage of pulmonary cases positive during 1961 |
1.Day schools— |
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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 (among (4)) | No. of negative reactors vaccinated by B.C.G. units | ||
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Consents included in (2) | No. | Per cent. off. 1) | No. | Per cent. |
Designation | Samples examined | T.B. bacillus isolated | T.B. bacillus NOT isolated | Passed phosphatase test | Tests not completed1 |
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Age | Principal cause of defective vision | Total | |||
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Cataract | Glaucoma | Retrolental fibroplasia | Other conditions |
No. of patients examined | Treatments recommended | Optical | Hospital supervision | |||||
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None | Medical | Surgical | ||||||
Early | Later | If general condition permits |
Principal cause of defective vision | Total | ||||
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Cataract | Glaucoma | Retrolental fibroplasia | Other conditions |
1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
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Number of beds in homes | Number of homes | Maternity* | Number of beds provided | Total | |
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Others† | Mentally disordered |
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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1957 | 1958 | 1959 | I960 | 1961 |
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1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
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1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
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At 31 December | |||||
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1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
London (Administrative County) | Elsewhere | Total |
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1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
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1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | ||||||
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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 |
1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
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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 |
1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
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Home visits | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | I960 | 1961 |
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1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
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Type of case | Number of patients nursed | Percentage 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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1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
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1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
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1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
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1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
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1957 | 1958 | 1959 | I960 | 1961 |
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Number of persons who have received | ||||
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Two injections | A third injection (cumulative total) | A fourth injection Cage 5-14 years) | ||
In 1961 | Since the commencement of the scheme |
1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
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1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
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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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1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
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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 | 1961 |
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1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
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Year | New cases | Total attendances | ||||||||||
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Syphilis | 5. Chancre | Gonorrhoea | Total venereal cases | Total non-venereal cases | ||||||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
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 |
Divisions | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total |
Age group | Medium | |||||
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T. V. or radio | Posters | Press adverts | Leaflets | Bookmarks | None |
Age groups | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | |||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
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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 defects | Defects other than vision | |||||||
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1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
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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1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
Type of school | Number of children present | Number who took school dinners | |||
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On payment | Free | Total | % |
1960 | 1961 |
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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 fortreatment |
1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
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1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
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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 | Boarding |
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Day special schools | Boarding special schools | Non-council boarding schools, hostels, foster-homes hospitals, etc. | Total |
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1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
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Patients |
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Barrett Street College (Three terms) | City of Westminster College (One term) |
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1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
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1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
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1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
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1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
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Total | Nursing or expectant mothers | Children (under 5) |
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Types of staff | Location | Total | ||
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Central office | Divisional offices and establishments (a) | Other establishments (b) |
1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
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1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
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Condition | Organism isolated |
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Service | Cost | Amount recovered in contributions |
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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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Mentally ill | Subnormal and severely subnormal | Total | ||||||
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With a view to hospital admission | Community care | |||||||
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
Initial action | Final disposal | |||
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No. | % | No. | % |
Initial disposal to hospital | Final disposal to hospital | |||||||||||
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Under 65 years | Over 65 years | Total | Under 65 years | Over 65 years | Total | |||||||
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
No. | % |
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Type of care received | Mentally ill | Mentally subnormal or severely subnormal | Grand total | |||||
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Under 16 years | Over 16 years | All ages | ||||||
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
Disposal of cases | No. | % |
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Wholetime | Parttime | Total |
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1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
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Children under five years of age Injections | Schoolchildren Injections | |||||
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Disease | No. | only | No. | only |
Total | Boys | Girls |
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Nature of defect | All children | Boys | Girls |
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Main defect | Sex | Total cases | Number with one other speech defect | Number with two other speech defects | Associated speech defects | |||||||
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Dysphasia | Cleft palate | Alalia | Dysarthria | Dyslalia simple | Dyslalia multiple | Dyslalia general | Dysphonia |
All children | Boys | Girls | ||||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
All children | Boys | Girls | ||
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No. | % | No. | % |
Defect | Sex | Total cases | Approximate age* in years at admission | ||||||||||||||
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Under 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | N.R. |
Defect | No. of children with defect | Only children | Position in family | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 or more | Not recorded |
Defect | No. of child-dren with defect | Only children | Position in family | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Not recorded |
Defect | Degree of severity | Sex | Approximate age* at admission | Total children | |||||||||||||
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Under 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
Child's defect | Number of children | Members offamily with defective speech | ||||||||
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None | Father | Mother | Brother | Sister | Twin | Father's near relation | Mother's near relation | More remote |
Child's defect | Number of children | Members of family with defective speech | ||||||||
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None | Father | Mother | Brother | Sister | Twin | Father's near relation | Mother's near relation | More remote |
1.3.61 to 31.5.61 | 1.6.61 to 31.8.61 | 1.9.61 to 30.11.61 | 1.12.61 to 28.2.62 | Total |
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1.3.61 to 31.5.61 | 1.6.61 to 31.8.61 | 1.9.61 to 30.11.61 | 1.12.61 to 28.2.62 | Total |
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Diagnostic Group | % |
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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 owners' 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 | Common and Seamen's Lodging Houses | Dairies and milk shops | Ice cream premises | 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 II of the Housing Acty 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 |
Divisional Medical | Divisional Administrative | Divisional Nursing |
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