Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 Ago | Under 1 week | Under 4 mths. | 4 mths and under 1 year | 1 and under 5 years | 5 and under IS years | 15 and under 25 years | 25 and under 45 years | 45 and under 65 years | 65 and under 75 year 8 | 75 and upwards | ||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | li | 12 | |
Brought forward | M | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 9 | 9 |
F | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 4 | |
30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
31. Congenital malformations. | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
32. Other defined and illdefined diseases | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
F | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
33. Motor vehicle accidents | M | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
34. All other accidents | M | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
35. Suicide | M | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
F | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |
36. Homicide and operations of war | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Totals | M | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 11 | 9 | 9 |
F | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 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.
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 . . | 37 |
Total No. of children who attended during the year, and who were born in:- | |
1962 | 27 |
1961 | 24 |
1957/60 | 33 |
Total attendances by children 1 | |
Under 1 year of age | 602 |
1 — 5 years of age | 553 |
Total No. of children visited (aged 0-4 years inclusive) | 66 |
No. of infants under 1 year of age visited for first time | 35 |
Total visits to infants under 1 year of age | 199 |
Total visits to children aged 1 year but under 2 years | 95 |
Total visits to children aged 2 years but under 5 years | 181 |
No. of expectant mothers visited for the first time | 13 |
Total visits to expectant mothers | 28 |
Care of Premature Infants | |
No. of premature births during the year. . | Nil |
No. of deaths under 1 month | Nil |
Diphtheria Immunisation No. of children who completed afull course of primary immunisation: — | |
Under 5 years of age | 17 |
No. of children who were given a secondary or reinforcing injection | 107 |
Vaccination | |
No. of children successfully vaccinated or re-vaccinated | 57 |
Home Help Service | |
No. of cases provided with home help | 11 |
Child Minders | |
No. of child minders registered | 1 |
No. of children being minded | 1 |