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To the Right Honourable,
The Lord Mayor, Aldermen & Commoners of
the Corporation of London.
Public Health Department,
Guildhall, E.C.2.
October, 1940.
My Lord Mayor & Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present, in an abridged form,
the report on the work of my Department for the year 1939.
Statistical Information.
Area. 661 acres (including the Temple and Tidal Water
and foreshore).
population. Registrar Generals estimate at middle of 1939-8720
Annual Rateable Value. £8,316,732.
Annual Sum received from Penny Rate. £30,750.
Births:-
Total. M. F.
Legitimate 39 18 21
Live Births
Illegitimate
5 2 3
Birth Rate per 1,000 estimated
resident copulation mid-1939
5.0
Stillbirths 3 1 2
Rate per 1,000 total (live and
still) births 5.4
Deaths 94 52 42
Death Rate per 1,000 estimated
average population 10.9
Deaths from puerperal causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar-
General's Short List):-
Deaths.
Rate per 1,000 total
(live and still) births.
No.29 Puerperal sepsis Nil Nil
No.30 Other puerperal causes Nil Nil
Total Nil Nil
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:-
All infants per 1,000 live births Nil
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births Nil
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births Nil
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 9
,, Measles (all ages) Nil
" Whooping Cough (all ages) Nil
,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) Nil
Vaccination.
Of the 511 births notified to the Vaccination Officer during
1938, 186 had been successfully vaccinated by the end of 1939.
19 had died before the age for vaccination and one was insusceptible.
Vaccination was postponed in 0 cases and 165 had removed into other
districts. No case was pending. There were 139 cases of
conscientious objection. The Public Vaccinator performed 5
revaccinations during the year and in addition to the 186 successful
vaccinations referred to above four adult persons were vaccinated
for the first time.