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 Lewisham Borough]
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Local sickness
Through the courtesy of the Regional Medical Officer of the
Ministry of National Insurance, I am sent weekly a return indicating for
the various areas of London the first certificates of sickness benefit
received at the local offices. These give some indication of the amount
of sickness in the borough, but the figures as shown in the table below
must be read with certain explanations:—
(1) The areas for Ministry of National Insurance statistics are
in the main coterminous with postal areas of London and not
with borough boundaries.
(2) The Kidbrooke office was closed after the week ended
October 21 and the area covered by that office incorporated
in the Eltham office. It would be pointless to give figures
for Eltham for the remainder of the year as there would be
no comparison with the figures already given.
Average of four weeks ending | Lewisham | Downham | Kidbrooke | Norwood |
---|---|---|---|---|
110 | 216 | |||
162 | ||||
_ | ||||
120 | — | |||
120 |
Social class in relation to cause of death
Of the 2,577 deaths analysed by us the social categories were as follow :
Social class | 1 | II | III | IV | V | Total | No information |
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- |