London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Chislehurst 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]

This page requires JavaScript

Table: TABLE I.SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1961

TABLE I.

SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1961

Population (mid-year 1961, per Registrar General)87,480
Birth Rate (crude)14.7
Death Rate (crude)9.1
Maternal Mortality RateNil
Infant Mortality Rate21.8
Number of Births (live)1,286
Number of Stillbirths24
Number of Deaths794
Number of Maternal DeathsNil
Number of Deaths from Infectious Diseases2
Number of Infant Deaths (under 1 year)28
Death Rates:—
Respiratory Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis)1.08
Tuberculosis0.07
Cancer (all forms)1.75
Cancer of the Lung, Bronchus0.38
Infectious Diseases0.02
Notification of Infectious Diseases:—
DiphtheriaNil
Dysentery42
Erysipelas6
Food Poisoning6
Measles1,863
Meningococcal InfectionsNil
Ophthalmia NeonatorumNil
Pneumonia (all forms)21
Poliomyelitis (paralytic)Nil
Poliomyelitis (non-paralytic)Nil
Puerperal Pyrexia2
Scarlet Fever27
Typhoid and Para-Typhoid FeverNil
Whooping Cough48
Number of visits made by Public Health Inspectors12,927