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

Lewisham 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

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13
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 in the local offices. The areas served by these local offices are
in the main coterminous with postal districts of London and do not
coincide with borough boundaries. Lewisham is served by four offices,
"Lewisham," "Downham," "Eltham," and "Norwood," but as
only a very small portion of the borough comes within the purview of
the last two, it is felt that a better representation of the trend of sickness
within the borough is given by quoting only the figures for " Lewisham,"
and "Downham."

Table: Table 4Morbidity shown in insurance certificates

Table 4

Morbidity shown in insurance certificates

Average for period ending"Lewisham""Downham"
January 25870242
February 22786201
March 22621177
April 19472115
May 1737294
June 1434096
July 1229574
August 927369
September 631185
October 4410109
November 1512145
November 29519138
January 3465126
Corresponding figure for November, 1954474131
Weekly average for the year 1955480129
Weekly average for the year 1954424115
Weekly average for the year 1953471133

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Social class in relation to cause of death

Table: Of the 2,423 deaths analysed by us the social categories were as follow Table 5

Of the 2,423 deaths analysed by us the social categories were as follow Table 5

Social classIIIIIIIVVTotalNo information
Males3818574714712312457
Females2920959917995111160
Total673941346326223235667
Percentage31757149100—