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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of London 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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STATISTICAL INFORMATION.
Area.—678 acres (including the Temple and foreshore).
Population.—Census 1951, 5,268. Estimated mid-year 5,180.
Annual Rateable Value.— As at 1st April, 1956, £13,968,300.
Annual Sum received from Penny General Rate.—£56,500.
Births:— Total. M. F.
Legitimate 40 21 19
Live Birth, Illegitimate 4 3 1
Birth Rate per 1,000 resident
population, 1956 7.56
Still Births — — — Rate per 1,000 total (live and
still) births —
Deaths:—
Deaths, Infants under
4 weeks of age
Legitimate 3 2 1
Illegitimate — — —
Deaths under 1 year
Legitimate 3 2 1
Illegitimate — — —
Death Rate per 1,000 res idem
population 13.19
Deaths (all ages)
67 50 17
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:—
All Infants per 1,000 live births 70.00
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 76.50
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births —
| Notifications received:— | Total cases notified |
|---|---|
| Sonne Dysentery | 6 |
| Acute Pneumonia | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 13 |
| Measles | 13 |
| Whooping Cough | 4 |
| Tuberculosis | 5 |
| Food Poisoning (suspected) | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 3 |
10 contacts of a case of Typhoid Fever were landed from a ship arriving from Alexandria
and were kept under observation until the incubation period expired. No further case
developed.
| Advocaat | 1 | Pineapples, Tinned | 1 |
| Atmospheric Pollution | 24 | Pork, Chopped | 1 |
| Blackcurrant Pressings | 1 | Powder, (on carton of raisins) | 1 |
| Bread, slice of | 1 | Rainwater | 12 |
| Bun, Currant | 1 | Saithe in Edible Oil | 1 |
| Coffee | 1 | Salad Cream | 1 |
| Corned Beef | 1 | Salmon Salad in Mayonnaise | 1 |
| Deposit, fatty (on milk churn lid) | 1 | Sandwich (Corned Beef) | 1 |
| Fertilizer, Compound | 1 | Sandwich (Egg & Tomato) | 1 |
| Ginger | 1 | Sandwich (Ham) | 1 |
| Grapefruit, Segments | 1 | Sandwich (Sausage) | 1 |
| Honey Cake | 1 | Sulphate of Ammonia | 1 |
| Jellied Eels | 1 | Sultanas | 2 |
| Lunch Meat | 2 | Veal & Pork, Pressed | 1 |
| Pineapple Pieces | 3 | Water from well | 5 |
| Pineapple Slices | 1 |
| Beef | 2 | Sausage, Frankfurter | 1 |
| Corned Beef | 1 | Sausage Meat, cooked | 1 |
| Cream, Vita | 1 | — do. — uncooked | 1 |
| Deposit, fatty on milk churn lid | 1 | Scrapings from food table | 1 |
| Egg Albumen (crystal & powder) | 226 | Steak puddings | 3 |
| Egg (frozen liquid) | 179 | Turkey, cooked portion | 1 |
| Faeces | 23 | Veal & Pork, pressed | 2 |
| Ham roll | 2 | Water, fresh (from ship) | 1 |
| Ham, tinned | 1 | Water, storage tank | 3 |
| Mincemeat | 1 | Water, from well | 3 |
| Saithe, tinned | 1 | Xmas Pudding | 1 |
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