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City of London 1958
[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 1958, 5,000.
Annual Rateable Value. — As at 1st April, 1958, £11,812,950.
Annual Sum received from Penny General Rate. — £50,100.
Legitimate Illegitimate
Births:- M. F. M. F.
Live Births 15 14 — — 29
Live Birth rate per 1,000 population 5.22
Still-births — — — — 0
Still-births rate per 1,000 live and still-births -
Total live and still-births 15 14 — — 29
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births —
Deaths:—
Deaths of infants (under one year of age) 11 — — 2
Neo-natal deaths (under four weeks) 1 1 — — 2
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births—total 68.97
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births — legitimate* 68.97
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births— illigitimatet —
Neo-natal mortality rate per 1,000 live births —
(first four weeks) 68.97
* Legitimate I.M.R. = leg. deaths under 1 year
leg. live births
† Legitimate I.M.R. =leg. deaths under 1 year
illeg. live births
Maternal deaths (including abortion) — — — — 0
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still-births M F —
Deaths, all ages 34 22 56
Death rate per 1,000 resident population 11.42
| Notifications received:— | |
|---|---|
| Dysentery | 3 |
| Measles | 9 |
| Food Poisoning | 5 |
| Scarlet Fever | 4 |
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | 6 |
(Other than Food and Drugs Act)
| Apricots, Dried | Oranges, tinned | ||
| Apricots, tinned | 2 | Pastry | |
| Butter, Creamery | Pepper, Red | ||
| Cheese | Sandwich Filling | ||
| Chinese Food, tinned | 2 | ||
| Currants | 2 | Sherry | |
| Fertilizers- | 2 | ||
| Sulphate of Ammonia | Sultanas | ||
| Vegerite Compound | Water | ||
| Melon, peeled, tinned | Wines, Red | ||
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS
The following specimens were examined during the year:—
| Cheese | Salmon, tinned | 1 | |
| Egg products | 140 | Sandwich, pork | 1 |
| Faeces | 17 | Sandwich, Truffle | 1 |
| Ham, tinned | Sputa | 1 | |
| Meat, tinned | 7 | Swab, throat | 1 |
| Prawns, tinned | 6 | Water | 2 |
| Saithe, tinned | 1 |