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REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE CITY OF LONDON FOR THE YEAR 1964
To the Right Honourable The Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commoners of the Corporation of London.
Guildhall.
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Telephone: MONarch 3030.
My Lord Mayor and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit the following report on the work of my Department during the year
1964.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
W.G. SWANN,
Medical Officer of Health.
Port and City of London.
VITAL STATISTICS
The resident population of the City according to the Registrar General's estimate at midyear
1964 was 4,580.
The birth rate fell to 6.99 per 1,000 resident population and the death rate fell to 8.30 per
1,000 resident population as compared with 9.38 and 12.01 respectively in 1963.
There were 32 live births, 3 of which were illegitimate.
The total number of deaths for all ages was 38. 22 male and 16 female. There were 8 deaths
due to cancer, 2 of which were cancer of the lung. 9 were due to coronary and other heart diseases
and 7 were due to bronchitis, pneumonia and other respiratory diseases.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
8 notifications of infectious disease were received, namely 2 of erysipelas, 2 of measles, 1 of
paratyphoid, 1 of puerperal pyrexia, 2 of pulmonary tuberculous.
PIGEON NUISANCE
A firm of pigeon catchers is employed under contract by the City Corporation whose policy
is not to exterminate all pigeons but to control their numbers to such proportions as will ensure
that the pleasure they give to residents and visitors is not out-weighed by the nuisance they cause.
During the year 3,800 pigeons were humanely trapped and killed as compared with 2,900 in 1963.
HOUSING
Housing Act, 1957
1. Number of houses which on inspection were considered to be unfit for human habitation:-
None
2. Number of houses in which defects were remedied in consequence of informal action by the
Local Authority or their Officers:-
Ten
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