diff --git a/frontend/components/analysis/analysis-view.tsx b/frontend/components/analysis/analysis-view.tsx
index a502141..f0325f6 100644
--- a/frontend/components/analysis/analysis-view.tsx
+++ b/frontend/components/analysis/analysis-view.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import { Area, AreaChart } from "@/components/charts/area-chart";
 import { Bar } from "@/components/charts/bar";
 import { BarChart } from "@/components/charts/bar-chart";
 import { BarXAxis } from "@/components/charts/bar-x-axis";
-import { BarYAxis } from "@/components/charts/bar-y-axis";
 import { Grid } from "@/components/charts/grid";
 import { ChartTooltip } from "@/components/charts/tooltip";
 import { XAxis } from "@/components/charts/x-axis";
@@ -196,7 +195,8 @@ export function AnalysisView() {
             <AreaChart aspectRatio="2 / 1" data={monthData}>
               <Grid horizontal />
               <Area dataKey="patients" fill="var(--chart-line-primary)" />
-              <XAxis tickMode="data" />
+              {/* One tick per month so every point is labelled. */}
+              <XAxis numTicks={Math.max(monthData.length, 2)} tickMode="data" />
               <ChartTooltip showDatePill={false} />
             </AreaChart>
           </ChartCard>
@@ -207,8 +207,9 @@ export function AnalysisView() {
             <BarChart aspectRatio="2 / 1" data={weekdayData}>
               <Grid horizontal />
               <Bar dataKey="appointments" fill="var(--chart-line-primary)" />
+              {/* Vertical bars: weekdays live on the x-axis only. (A BarYAxis
+                  here printed the categories down the left, overflowing the card.) */}
               <BarXAxis />
-              <BarYAxis />
               <ChartTooltip showDatePill={false} />
             </BarChart>
           </ChartCard>
diff --git a/frontend/components/analysis/live-hospital-chart.tsx b/frontend/components/analysis/live-hospital-chart.tsx
index fc6ca9d..804d99c 100644
--- a/frontend/components/analysis/live-hospital-chart.tsx
+++ b/frontend/components/analysis/live-hospital-chart.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 "use client";
 
+import { Pause, Play } from "lucide-react";
 import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 
 import {
   LiveLineChart,
@@ -9,24 +11,34 @@ import {
 import { LiveLine } from "@/components/charts/live-line";
 import { LiveYAxis } from "@/components/charts/live-y-axis";
 import { ChartTooltip } from "@/components/charts/tooltip";
+import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 
 // temetro has no real-time telemetry feed yet, so the "Live" panel simulates a
 // hospital signal (patients currently in the building) as a bounded random walk
 // that updates once a second. Swap `tick()` for a WebSocket/poll when a real
 // feed exists — the chart contract (append { time, value }) stays the same.
+//
+// The simulation (a 1s interval + an rAF animation loop) only runs while the
+// clinician has explicitly toggled it on, so the Analysis page stays idle by
+// default instead of animating in the background.
 const BASELINE = 48;
 const MIN = 24;
 const MAX = 90;
 const WINDOW_SECONDS = 30;
 
 export function LiveHospitalChart() {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+  const [live, setLive] = useState(false);
   const [data, setData] = useState<LiveLinePoint[]>([]);
   const [value, setValue] = useState(BASELINE);
   const valueRef = useRef(BASELINE);
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    // Seed a short history so the line is drawn immediately on mount.
+    if (!live) return;
+    // Seed a short history so the line is drawn immediately on start.
     const now = Date.now() / 1000;
+    valueRef.current = BASELINE;
+    setValue(BASELINE);
     setData(
       Array.from({ length: WINDOW_SECONDS }, (_, i) => ({
         time: now - (WINDOW_SECONDS - i),
@@ -45,23 +57,60 @@ export function LiveHospitalChart() {
       ]);
     }, 1000);
     return () => clearInterval(id);
-  }, []);
+  }, [live]);
 
   return (
-    <div className="h-56 w-full">
-      <LiveLineChart data={data} value={value} window={WINDOW_SECONDS}>
-        <LiveLine
-          dataKey="value"
-          formatValue={(v) => String(Math.round(v))}
-          momentumColors={{
-            up: "var(--color-emerald-500)",
-            down: "var(--color-red-500)",
-            flat: "var(--chart-line-primary)",
-          }}
-        />
-        <LiveYAxis formatValue={(v) => String(Math.round(v))} position="left" />
-        <ChartTooltip showDatePill={false} />
-      </LiveLineChart>
+    <div className="flex flex-col gap-3">
+      <div className="flex items-center justify-end">
+        <Button
+          onClick={() => setLive((v) => !v)}
+          size="sm"
+          type="button"
+          variant={live ? "outline" : "default"}
+        >
+          {live ? (
+            <>
+              <Pause className="size-4" />
+              {t("analysis.live.pause")}
+            </>
+          ) : (
+            <>
+              <Play className="size-4" />
+              {t("analysis.live.start")}
+            </>
+          )}
+        </Button>
+      </div>
+
+      {live ? (
+        <div className="h-56 w-full">
+          <LiveLineChart
+            data={data}
+            margin={{ left: 44 }}
+            value={value}
+            window={WINDOW_SECONDS}
+          >
+            <LiveLine
+              dataKey="value"
+              formatValue={(v) => String(Math.round(v))}
+              momentumColors={{
+                up: "var(--color-emerald-500)",
+                down: "var(--color-red-500)",
+                flat: "var(--chart-line-primary)",
+              }}
+            />
+            <LiveYAxis
+              formatValue={(v) => String(Math.round(v))}
+              position="left"
+            />
+            <ChartTooltip showDatePill={false} />
+          </LiveLineChart>
+        </div>
+      ) : (
+        <div className="flex h-56 w-full items-center justify-center rounded-2xl border border-dashed bg-card/20 text-center text-muted-foreground text-sm">
+          {t("analysis.live.idle")}
+        </div>
+      )}
     </div>
   );
 }
diff --git a/frontend/lib/i18n/locales/en/translation.json b/frontend/lib/i18n/locales/en/translation.json
index 9938031..e2b748d 100644
--- a/frontend/lib/i18n/locales/en/translation.json
+++ b/frontend/lib/i18n/locales/en/translation.json
@@ -556,7 +556,10 @@
     "live": {
       "title": "Live",
       "subtitle": "Patients currently in the building, updating in real time.",
-      "label": "In the building now"
+      "label": "In the building now",
+      "start": "Go live",
+      "pause": "Pause",
+      "idle": "Live stream paused — press Go live to start."
     },
     "patientVolume": {
       "title": "Patient volume",