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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Statistical summary 1963—health divisions
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 1963 | 437,580 | 489,420 | 280,340 | 254,330 | 208,430 | 300,900 | 396,950 | 359,530 | 451,390 | 3,178,870 | |||||||||||
Sessions | 4,659 | 1,202 | 3,802 | 3,467 | 525 | 6,044 | 3,047 | 3,137 | 2,442 | 28,325 | |||||||||||
Live births | 8,510 | 8,622 | 6,514 | 5,937 | 4,015 | 5,421 | 7,707 | 8,002 | 8,772 | 63,500 | Total attendances | 32,574 | 7,933 | 25,975 | 25,190 | 3,480 | 45,504 | 16,455 | 20,603 | 15,784 | 193,498 |
Rate per 1,000 population | 19.4 | 17.6 | 23.2 | 23.3 | 19.3 | 18.0 | 19.4 | 22.3 | 19.4 | 20.0 | |||||||||||
Deaths under 1 month | 136 | 135 | 94 | 86 | 58 | 83 | 108 | 113 | 110 | 923 | |||||||||||
Rate per 1,000 live births | 16.0 | 15.7 | 14.4 | 14.5 | 14.4 | 15.3 | 14.0 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 14.5 | Number of places at 31 Dec. | 629 | 975 | 361 | 379 | 235 | 58 | 279 | 634 | 437 | 3,987 |
Total attendances | 138,991 | 212,637 | 78,323 | 85,697 | 51,519 | 12,914 | 55,391 | 140,656 | 88,659 | 864,787 | |||||||||||
All ages | 5,225 | 5,945 | 3,312 | 3,115 | 2,587 | 3,499 | 4,836 | 4,561 | 6,510 | 39,590 | |||||||||||
Rate per 1,000 population | 11.9 | 12.1 | 11.8 | 12.2 | 12.4 | 11.6 | 12.2 | 12.7 | 14.4 | 12.5 | Statutorily registered 31 Dec. | 37 | 25 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 50 | 45 | 3 | 33 | 237 |
Children minded (authorised no.) | 171 | 148 | 103 | 73 | 32 | 271 | 240 | 26 | 236 | 1,300 | |||||||||||
Voluntarily registered 31 Dec. | 102 | 159 | 92 | 56 | 50 | 88 | 119 | 96 | 10 | 772 | |||||||||||
Total visits | 121,298 | 123,030 | 64,088 | 66,795 | 61,700 | 75,955 | 92,617 | 126,107 | 90,927 | 822,517 | Children minded | 172 | 126 | 151 | 65 | 81 | 109 | 160 | 121 | 20 | 1,005 |
Staff at 31 Dec. W/T equivalents | 54 | 61 | 38 | 29 | 28 | 39 | 57 | 68 | 58 | 432 | |||||||||||
Households attended | 4,501 | 4,875 | 3,052 | 4,371 | 3,180 | 4,064 | 5,674 | 4,777 | 4,895 | 39,389 | |||||||||||
Children— | Households attended per 1,000 population | 10.3 | 10.0 | 10.9 | 17.2 | 15.3 | 13.5 | 14.3 | 13.3 | 10.8 | 12.4 | ||||||||||
Sessions | 2,346 | 3,350 | 2,379 | 1,494 | 1,840 | 2,208 | 2,381 | 2,791 | 2,138 | 20,927 | |||||||||||
Total attendances | 75,861 | 103,220 | 74,045 | 57,245 | 54,226 | 78,414 | 90,873 | 87,828 | 92,133 | 713,845 | |||||||||||
Expectant mothers—ante and post natal clinics— | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total visits | 215,405 | 224,643 | 128,670 | 122,539 | 98,096 | 216,086 | 190,982 | 183,535 | 179,290 | 1,559,246 | |||||||||||
Sessions | 1,581 | 1,698 | 1,064 | 541 | 245 | 1,136 | 1,492 | 341 | 681 | 8,779 | Visits per 1,000 population | 492 | 459 | 459 | 482 | 471 | 718 | 481 | 510 | 397 | 491 |
First attendances this year— | |||||||||||||||||||||
Ante-natal | 4,235 | 6,391 | 5,303 | 2,793 | 392 | 2,812 | 3,511 | 2,919 | 3,518 | 31,874 | |||||||||||
Post-natal | 127 | 268 | 418 | 1,093 | 171 | 698 | 466 | 368 | 213 | 3,822 | Medical inspection, routine, special, reinspection | 35,327 | 29,826 | 27,120 | 19,917 | 24,710 | 32,809 | 35,987 | 29,054 | 40,354 | 275,104 |
Total attendances | 15,566 | 23,320 | 18,856 | 9,964 | 2,678 | 11,657 | 15,411 | 9,048 | 12,291 | 118,791 | |||||||||||
Health surveys | 70,941 | 78,801 | 113,594 | 29,528 | 36,742 | 82,521 | 40,001 | 51,936 | 70,296 | 574,360 | |||||||||||
Hospital/specialist clinics— | |||||||||||||||||||||
Poliomyelitis (L.C.C. and general practitioners)— | New cases.. | 3,921 | 3,479 | 3,472 | 2,072 | 2,343 | 3,183 | 2,486 | 1,907 | 3,945 | 26,808 | ||||||||||
Total attendances | 7,189 | 9,798 | 12,883 | 5,743 | 6,130 | 7,544 | 7,445 | *7,526 | 11,995 | 76,253 | |||||||||||
Primary course (3 injections)— | |||||||||||||||||||||
born 1959-63 | 272 | 356 | 92 | 85 | 112 | 247 | 651 | 614 | 381 | 2,810 | Schools— | ||||||||||
born 1943-58 | 92 | 162 | 27 | 59 | 21 | 47 | 128 | 257 | 485 | 1,278 | New cases | 10,496 | 8,732 | 6,709 | 11,000 | 7,515 | 5,338 | 4,862 | 7,395 | 12,978 | 75,025 |
born 1933-42 | 108 | 191 | 42 | 50 | 21 | 84 | 79 | 115 | 138 | 828 | New cases per 1,000 population age 5-14 | 254 | 197 | 214 | 343 | 261 | 133 | 96 | 159 | 246 | 204 |
born 1932 or earlier and under 40 years | 75 | 110 | 54 | 37 | 24 | 58 | 156 | 115 | 148 | 777 | |||||||||||
Total attendances | 28,043 | 29,591 | 20,344 | 31,578 | 20,017 | 15,950 | 17,686 | 23,765 | 33,198 | 220,172 | |||||||||||
over 40 years | 4 | 66 | 2 | 5 | — | 4 | 9 | — | 11 | 101 | Maternity and child welfare— | ||||||||||
Total | 551 | 885 | 217 | 236 | 178 | 440 | 1,023 | 1,101 | 1,163 | 5,794 | First treatment | 406 | 491 | 318 | 720 | 175 | 206 | 29 | 178 | 113 | 2,636 |
Reinforcing injections | 81 | 115 | 16 | 12 | 26 | 63 | 243 | 209 | 122 | 887 | Total attendances | 1,960 | 2,149 | 1,584 | 3,151 | 759 | 1,161 | 95 | 610 | 484 | 11,953 |
Primary course (3 doses)— | |||||||||||||||||||||
born 1959-63 | 5,717 | 5,116 | 5,108 | 4,599 | 2,966 | 3,906 | 4,767 | 5,559 | 6,091 | 43,829 | |||||||||||
born 1943-58 | 1,202 | 899 | 1,236 | 773 | 1,499 | 1,117 | 736 | 1,659 | 1,135 | 10,256 | |||||||||||
born 1933-42 | 1,138 | 503 | 723 | 610 | 215 | 229 | 476 | 270 | 314 | 4,478 | |||||||||||
born 1932 or earlier and under 40 years | 586 | 292 | 491 | 278 | 124 | 190 | 281 | 444 | 369 | 3,055 | |||||||||||
over 40 years | 16 | 106 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 32 | 23 | — | 66 | 293 | |||||||||||
Total | 8,659 | 6,916 | 7,587 | 6,278 | 4,807 | 5,474 | 6,283 | 7,932 | 7,975 | 61,911 | |||||||||||
Reinforcing dose | 2,279 | 2,998 | 2,404 | 2,096 | 1,422 | 2,590 | 1,418 | 3,163 | 994 | 19,364 | |||||||||||
Smallpox—Vaccinations | 1,287 | 1,252 | 912 | 859 | 581 | 889 | 1,196 | 1,052 | 1,439 | 9,467 | |||||||||||
Re-vaccinations | 501 | 1,724 | 595 | 780 | 480 | 613 | 780 | 441 | 1,378 | 7,292 | |||||||||||
Diphtheria—Primary course | 6,698 | 6,447 | 5,678 | 4,688 | 3,576 | 4,561 | 5,660 | 6,806 | 6,675 | 50,789 | |||||||||||
Reinforcing injections | 7,805 | 6,936 | 5,939 | 5,094 | 5,081 | 7,170 | 6,122 | 9,222 | 4,626 | 57,995 | |||||||||||
Whooping cough—Primary course .. | 5,445 | 5,893 | 5,174 | 4,331 | 2,884 | 4,145 | 5,335 | 6,350 | 6,565 | 46,122 | |||||||||||
Reinforcing injections | 3,408 | 3,140 | 3,480 | 2,656 | 1,904 | 3,054 | 3,514 | 4,414 | 3,355 | 28,925 | |||||||||||
Tetanus—Primary course | 6,992 | 6,257 | 5,643 | 4,859 | 3,786 | 4,280 | 5,682 | 6,715 | 6,954 | 51,168 | |||||||||||
Reinforcing injections | 5,165 | 4,543 | 5,567 | 3,840 | 3,068 | 4,154 | 4,710 | 6,427 | 3,994 | 41,468 |
112 * Excluding attendances at Royal Eye Hospital.