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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1958-continued
| CAUSES OF DEATH | NETT DEATHS AT THE SUBJOINED AGES OF RESIDENTS WHETHER OCCURRING WITHIN OR WITHOUT THE DISTRICT | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages | Under 1 yeai | 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 | ||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| Brought forward | M | 26 | _ | _ | _ | __ | 1 | 13 | 9 | 3 |
| F | 19 | _ | _ | i | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | ||
| 30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | F | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | |
| 31. Congenital malformations | M | _ | _ | __ | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||
| F | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | ||
| 32. Uther defined and ill-defined diseases | M | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| F | 1 | — | _ | _ | — | — | — | _ | 1 | |
| 33. Motor vehicle accidents . . | M | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | |
| F | _ | __ | _ | __ | _ | _ | ||||
| 34. All other accidents | M | 5 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 | 2 | 1 | - |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | |
| 35. Suicide . . | M | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 36. Homicide and operations of war | M | |||||||||
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Totals | M | 34 | 1 | _ | _ | — | 3 | 16 | 11 | 3 |
| F | 22 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | |
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE
The following details have been received from the Divisional Medical Officer of the Londoi
County Council with regard to work carried out in connection with Maternity and Child Welfare ii
the City.
Infant Welfare Centre
Total No. of children who first attended during the year and who on the date of their firs
attendance were :—
Under 1 year of age 23
Total No. of children who attended during the year, and who were born in
1958 25
1957 24
1956-1953 33
Total attendances by children:—
Under 1 year of age 626
1—5 years of age 517
Health Visitors
Total No. of children visited 47
No. of infants under 1 year of age visited for first time 25
Total visits to infants under 1 year of age 101
Total visits to children aged 1 year but under 2 years 81
Total visits to children aged 2 years but under 5 years 112
No. of expectant mothers visited 6
Total visits to expectant mothers 17
Care of Premature Infants
No. of premature births during the year 3
No. of deaths under 1 month —
Diphtheria Immunisation
No. of children who completed a full course of primary immunisation:—
Under 5 years of age 28
5—15 years of age —
No. of children who were given a secondary or reinforcing
injection 48
Vaccination
No. of children successfully vaccinated or re-vaccinated 35
Home Help Service
No. of maternity cases provided with home help 1
21