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 1964—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 1964 | 436,130 | 493,070 | 279,590 | 254,720 | 210,660 | 301,940 | 398,910 | 358,310 | 451,270 | 3,184,600 | |||||||||||
Sessions | 4,974 | 1,305 | 4,285 | 3,961 | 1,129 | 6,219 | 3,685 | 3,515 | 2,612 | 31,685 | |||||||||||
Live births | 8,283 | 8,296 | 6,495 | 6,011 | 4,043 | 5,595 | 7,819 | 8,074 | 8,884 | 63,500 | Total attendances | 34,822 | 9,115 | 28,416 | 30,162 | 6,650 | 47,158 | 20,656 | 23,975 | 17,122 | 218,076 |
Rate per 1,000 population | 190 | 16.8 | 23.2 | 23.6 | 19.2 | 18-5 | 19.6 | 22.5 | 19.7 | 19.9 | |||||||||||
Deaths under 1 month | 139 | 117 | 97 | 81 | 57 | 82 | 112 | 109 | 151 | 945 | |||||||||||
Rate per 1,000 live births | 16.8 | 14-1 | 14.9 | 13.5 | 14-1 | 14.7 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 17.0 | 14.9 | Number of places at 31 Dec. | 629 | 971 | 361 | 379 | 235 | 58 | 279 | 654 | 437 | 4,003 |
4,563 | 5,052 | 2,954 | 2,833 | 2,294 | 3,239 | 4,381 | 4,063 | 5,677 | 35,056 | Total attendances | 148,451 | 225,581 | 85,511 | 89,853 | 49,782 | 13,723 | 63,391 | 149,637 | 94,978 | 920,907 | |
Rate per 1,000 population | 10.5 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 111 | 10.9 | 10.7 | 110 | 11.3 | 12-6 | 110 | Statutorily registered 31 Dec. | 34 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 53 | 49 | 3 | 30 | 238 |
Children minded (authorised no.) | 166 | 129 | 120 | 84 | 33 | 287 | 258 | 26 | 203 | 1,306 | |||||||||||
Voluntarily registered 31 Dec. | 111 | 119 | 72 | 49 | 38 | 103 | 106 | 109 | 13 | 720 | |||||||||||
Total visits | 131,232 | 139,446 | 69,517 | 64,691 | 60,511 | 73,572 | 102,368 | 116,896 | 93,413 | 851,646 | Children minded | 190 | 136 | 120 | 58 | 61 | 121 | 130 | 132 | 23 | 971 |
Staff at 31 Dec. W/T equivalents | 60 | 60 | 40 | 32 | 28 | 39 | 52 | 51 | 55 | 417 | |||||||||||
Households attended | 4,517 | 4,950 | 3,043 | 4,448 | 3,299 | 4,312 | 5,868 | 4,867 | 4,913 | 40,217 | |||||||||||
Children— Sessions | 2,403 | 3,413 | 2,488 | 1,522 | 1,923 | 2,253 | 2,525 | 2,902 | 2,456 | 21,885 | Households attended per 1,000 population | 10.4 | 10.0 | 10.9 | 17.5 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 14.7 | 13.6 | 10.9 | 12.6 |
Total attendances | 81,135 | 110,681 | 82,248 | 63,132 | 62,865 | 91,427 | 106,288 | 99,424 | 111,408 | 808,608 | |||||||||||
Expectant mothers—ante and post | |||||||||||||||||||||
natal clinics— Sessions | 1,713 | 1,755 | 881 | 601 | 205 | 1,178 | 1,110 | 251 | 740 | 8,434 | Total visits | 222,738 | 226,390 | 115,727 | 124,873 | 102,496 | 211,865 | 198,867 | 185,876 | 187,176 | 1,576,008 |
Visits per 1,000 population | 511 | 459 | 414 | 490 | 487 | 702 | 499 | 519 | 415 | 495 | |||||||||||
First attendances this year— Ante-natal | 3,394 | 5,869 | 5,351 | 2,230 | 320 | 2,596 | 3,123 | 1,203 | 3,186 | 27,272 | |||||||||||
Post-natal | 70 | 259 | 539 | 852 | 140 | 668 | 352 | 108 | 295 | 3,283 | Medical inspection, routine, special, | ||||||||||
Total attendances | 12,358 | 21,084 | 19,880 | 8,475 | 2,064 | 11,196 | 13,260 | 4,378 | 11,264 | 103,959 | reinspection | 35,236 | 30,178 | 26,817 | 20,529 | 23,949 | 32,906 | 36,743 | 28,996 | 40,667 | 276,021 |
Health surveys | 78,741 | 104,883 | 64,134 | 33,753 | 28,466 | 89,777 | 51,531 | 43,234 | 67,261 | 561,780 | |||||||||||
Hospital/specialist clinics— New cases | 3,854 | 3,276 | 3,525 | 2,222 | 1,898 | 3,141 | 2,039 | 1,967 | 3,227 | 25,149 | |||||||||||
Poliomyelitis (L.C.C. and general | |||||||||||||||||||||
practitioners)— Salk vaccine | Total attendances | 7,176 | 9,150 | 12,642 | 5,637 | 5,563 | 7,413 | 6,683 | *7,869 | 11,189 | 73,322 | ||||||||||
Primary course (3 injections)— born 1960-64 | 155 | 147 | 81 | 10 | 40 | 83 | 410 | 116 | 145 | 1,187 | |||||||||||
Schools— New cases | 10,509 | 9,377 | 6,471 | 11,257 | 6,107 | 5,336 | 4,963 | 8,229 | 13,296 | 75,545 | |||||||||||
born 1943-59 | 25 | 52 | 50 | 5 | 34 | 18 | 94 | 49 | 60 | 387 | |||||||||||
born 1933-42 | 30 | 24 | 33 | 15 | 26 | 38 | 22 | 23 | 27 | 238 | New cases per 1,000 population age 5-14 | 259 | 231 | 207 | 352 | 212 | 136 | 97 | 180 | 258 | 209 |
born 1932 or earlier and under 40 years | 14 | 23 | 34 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 130 | |||||||||||
Total attendances | 28,046 | 27,896 | 20,400 | 33,226 | 16,677 | 16,409 | 15,644 | 26,099 | 33,526 | 217,923 | |||||||||||
over 40 years | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | 5 | Maternity and child welfare— | ||||||||||
Total | 225 | 246 | 198 | 34 | 107 | 145 | 548 | 200 | 244 | 1,947 | First treatment | 340 | 566 | 288 | 841 | 154 | 191 | 20 | 210 | 149 | 2,759 |
Reinforcing injections | 66 | 72 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 34 | 157 | 108 | 111 | 570 | Total attendances | 1,483 | 2,081 | 1,309 | 3,412 | 607 | 591 | 65 | 596 | 537 | 10,681 |
Primary course (3 doses)— born 1960-64 | 5,986 | 6,008 | 4,969 | 4,790 | 3,177 | 4,581 | 5,945 | 6,595 | 6,579 | 48,630 | |||||||||||
born 1943-59 | 3,232 | 2,293 | 1,457 | 1,348 | 971 | 1,914 | 985 | 2,201 | 911 | 15,312 | |||||||||||
born 1933-42 | 545 | 220 | 431 | 528 | 223 | 215 | 171 | 498 | 204 | 3,035 | |||||||||||
born 1932 or earlier and under 40 years | 140 | 155 | 169 | 133 | 94 | 118 | 121 | 674 | 173 | 1,777 | |||||||||||
over 40 years | 6 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 40 | 16 | 145 | |||||||||||
Total | 9,909 | 8,718 | 7,035 | 6,801 | 4,470 | 6,835 | 7,240 | 10,008 | 7,883 | 68,899 | |||||||||||
Reinforcing dose | 6,238 | 4,430 | 4,228 | 3,059 | 1,820 | 3,781 | 2,380 | 4,816 | 1,880 | 32,632 | |||||||||||
Smallpox—Vaccinations | 2,844 | 2,787 | 2,780 | 2,535 | 1,082 | 2,025 | 3,293 | 2,686 | 3,212 | 23,244 | |||||||||||
Re-vaccinations | 661 | 948 | 390 | 902 | 330 | 310 | 513 | 288 | 618 | 4,960 | |||||||||||
Diphtheria—Primary course | 7,050 | 7,417 | 6,341 | 5,420 | 3,595 | 5,247 | 7,062 | 7,206 | 7,252 | 56,590 | |||||||||||
Reinforcing injections | 7,627 | 9,420 | 8,060 | 5,526 | 4,310 | 9,911 | 6,800 | 9,035 | 6,090 | 66,779 | |||||||||||
Whooping cough—Primary course | 5,589 | 6,490 | 5,248 | 4,926 | 3,144 | 4,632 | 6,497 | 6,732 | 7,116 | 50,374 | |||||||||||
Reinforcing injections | 3,456 | 3,395 | 3,918 | 3,060 | 2,078 | 3,528 | 4,433 | 4,557 | 4,244 | 32,669 | |||||||||||
Tetanus—Primary course | 7,502 | 7,391 | 6,015 | 5,616 | 3,617 | 5,168 | 7,054 | 7,242 | 7,589 | 57,194 | |||||||||||
Reinforcing injections | 6,002 | 6,515 | 6,090 | 5,177 | 3,386 | 7,191 | 5,977 | 7,729 | 5,802 | 53,869 |
* Excluding attendances at Royal Eye Hospital.
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