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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 1960
[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 1960, 4,890.
Annual Rateable Value.—As at 1st April, 1960, £13,425,375.
Annual Sum received from Penny General Rate.—£55,000.
Live Births
Number32
Rate per 1,000 population5.88
Illegitimate Live Births per cent of total live births . . . . . . . . . . 12.50
Stillbirths
Number . . . . . . . . . . . . • . • • • • • • » • 0
Rate per 1,000 total live and still births . . . . . . . . . . • • 0
Total Live and Still Births . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • • • • 32
Infant Deaths (deaths under 1 year) . • • • • • 1
Infant Mortality Rates
Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births 31.25
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births 35.71
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illigitimate live births 0
Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 4 weeks per 1,000 total live births) 31.25
Early Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 1 week per 1,000 total live births) 31.25
Perinatal Mortality Rate (stillbirths and deaths under 1 week combined per 1,000 total
live and still births) 31.25
Maternal Mortality (including abortion)
Number of deaths 0
Rate per 1,000 total live and still births 0
Deaths, all ages 47
Death rate per 1,000 resident population 9.80
INFECTIOUS DISEASE Total cases
notified
Notifications received:—
Dysentery 6
Erysipelas 1
Malaria 1
Measles 6
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 1
Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) 7
Whooping Cough 1
ANALYTICAL EXAMINATIONS
(Other than Food and Drugs Act)
Agar Agar 2
Apples 2
Apricots 16
Aerolite Adhesive 1
Fertilisers—
Chrysanthemite 1
Vegerite with Aldrin 1
Basic Slag 1
Oranges 2
Prunes 1
Paper (for colouring dyes) 1
Raisins 1
Salmon Mayonnaise 1
Salmon Spread 1
Sultanas 10
Tea 1503
Tinned Foods —
Breadfruit 1
Chopped Pork 1
Crawfish Tails 1
Grapefruit 2
Grapefruit Juice 1
Luncheon Meat 1
Salmon 3
Yams 2
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS
The following specimens were examined during the year :—
Braised Ox Kidney 1
Chicken (cooked) 1
Corned Beef 3
Curry1
Curry Powder 1
Egg Products 167
Escallops 1
Faeces 45
Fowls 6
Haras, Tinned 1
Hamburger 1
Meat 56
Meat Pie 1
Minced Meat 1
Pigs Head 1
Pork, Roast 1
Prawns 84
Soup 1
Stewed Steak 1
Stuffing 1
Stuffing (cooked) 2
Turkey 1
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