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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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| CAUSES OF DEATH | NETT DEATHS AT THE SUBJOINED AGES OF RESIDENTS WHETHER OCCURRING WITHIN OR WITHOUT THE DISTRICT. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages | Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 years | 5 and under 15 years | 15 and under 25 years | 25 and under 45 years | 45 and under 65 years | 65 and under 75 years | 75 and upwards | |||
| Brought forward | M F | 42 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 20 | 13 | 7 | |
| 15 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 6 | 4 | |||
| 32. | Other defined and ill-defined diseases ... | M | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| 33. | Motor vehicle accidents | F | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 34. | All other accidents | M | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 35. | Suicide | M | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 36. | Homicide and operations of war | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| M | 50 | 2 | — | — | — | 5 | 21 | 13 | 9 | ||
| F | 17 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 6 | 5 | ||
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
The following details have been received from the Divisional Medical Officer of the London
County Council with regard to work carried out in connection with Maternity and Child Welfare in
the City.
Infant Welfare Centre.
Total No. of children who first attended during the year and who on the date of their first
attendance were —
Under 1 year of age 33
1—5 years of age 16
Total No. of children who attended during the year, and who were born in:—
1956 47
1955 40
1954-1951 50
Total attendances by children—
Under 1 year of age 655
1—5 years of age 553
Health Visitors
No. of infants under 1 year of age visited for first time 40
Total visits to infants under 1 year of age 150
Total visits to children aged 1 year but under 2 years 74
Total visits to children aged 2 years but under 5 years 166
No. of expectant mothers visited 15
Total visits to expectant mothers 33
Care of Premature Infants
No. of premature births during the year 2
No. of deaths under 1 month —
Diphtheria Immunisation
No. of children who completed a full course of primary immunisation—
Under 5 years of age 54
5—14 years of age 7
25.