[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough] page 32

Lewisham 1957

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

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Table: Table 22

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Table 22

		1957	1956	1955	1954	1953	1952	1951	All Cases	%
New Cases
M	no.	25	32	42	45	29	17	11	201
M	%	27	33	33	40	39	40	33	35
F	no.	69	64	84	68	45	26	22	378
F	%	73	67	67	60	61	60	67	65
TOTAL		94	96	126	113	74	43	33	579
Collections		3,466	3,595	3,367	3,427	2,693	1,477	607	18,632	-
Articles cleansed		40,902	41,367	37,432	36,311	26,912	17,029	5,334	205,287	—
Referred by
Private doctor		19	23	21	17	14	3	2	99	17
Hospital		4	3	5	7	1	4	—	24	4
Ranyard Nurse		56	54	80	62	41	17	16	326	56
LOPWA or Home Help		9	14	16	23	15	17	14	108	19
Others		6	2	4	4	3	2	1	22	4
Reasons for referral
Debility or senility		42	33	46	35	28	16	10	210	36
Stroke		23	25	36	39	25	10	14	172	30
Cancer		17	17	22	20	11	8	6	101	17
Others (mainly heart cases)		12	21	22	19	10	9	3	96	17
Incontinence
Urine		43	37	50	53	26	18	16	243	42
Faeces		4	7	10	14	14	14	8	71	12
?		47	52	66	46	34	11	9	265	45

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The total articles cleansed in the course of each year rose from 5,000
odd in the first year to over 41,000 in 1956. As stated above the women
patients far exceeded the men(table 22). 10% of the total cases were under
the age of 65 (14% of the men and 8% of the women) ; 21% were
between the ages of 65 and 75 (23% men and 20% women); while
69% were over the age of 75 (63% men and 72% women). In other
words over two-thirds of the total cases were over the age of 75, and about
one-fifth were between 65 and 75.

Table: Table 23

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Table 23

Ages	Under 65		65-75		75 +
Ages	Total	%	Total	%	Total	%
Male	28	14	47	23	126	63
Female	32	8	75	20	271	72
TOTAL	60	10	122	21	397	69

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Table: Table 22

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Table: Table 23