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

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Causes of death at different periods The following table shows the causes of and Table

Code No.	Causes of death	Nett deaths at the subjoined ages of "residents" whether occurring within or without the borough
		MALES									Total persons (i.e., incl table opp.)
		All ages	Under 1 yr.	1 and under 5	5 and under 15	15 and under 25	25 and under 45	45 and under 65	65 and under 75	75 and over	Total persons (i.e., incl table opp.)

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of life during the year 1959 ages at death during the calendar year 1959:— 2

Code No.	Causes of death	Nett deaths at the subjoined ages of "residents" whether occurring within or without the borough
		FEMALES									Total persons (i.e., incl. table opp.)
		All ages	Under 1 yr.	1 and under 5	5 and under 15	15 and under 25	25 and under 45	45 one under 65	65 and under 75	75 and over	Total persons (i.e., incl. table opp.)

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Table 3

Cause of death	Sex	Under 1 day	1-6 days	1 week	2 weeks	3 weeks	Total under 4wks.	1-2 mths.	3-5 mths.	6-8 mths.	9-11 mths.	Total 1-11 mths.	Total under 1 yr.

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Table 4 Morbidity shown in insurance certificates

Average for period ending	"Lewisham"	''Downham"

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Of the 2,617 deaths analysed by us the social categories were as follow:— Table 5

Social class	I	II	III	IV	v	Total	No information

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In detail, the social class, related to cause of death, was as follows:— Table 6

Code No.	Cause of death	Male						Female
Code No.	Cause of death	1	II	III	IV	V	Total	1	II	Ill	IV	V	Total

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Table 7 Grouped deaths in social class

Code Nos.	Group		Male						Female
Code Nos.	Group		1	II	III	IV	V	Total	1	II	III	IV	V	Total

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Table 8

		Social classification					Total	Not classifiable
			II	III	IV	V	Total	Not classifiable

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Table 9 Heart and circulation mortality

Year	Deaths from			Total heart and circulation (all ages)	Age group 45-65		Total deaths in borough	Percentage
Year	Coronary diseases	Other heart diseases*	Other circulatory diseases†	Total heart and circulation (all ages)	Total	Coronary diseases	Total deaths in borough	(e)of (h)	(f)of (h)	(g)of (h)
(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)	(f)	(g)	(h)	(i)	(j)	(k)

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Table 10

Year	MALE			FEMALE
Year	All cancer deaths	Lung cancer deaths	(c)as % of(b)	All cancer deaths	Lung cancer deaths	(f)as % of(e)
(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)	(f)	(g)

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Table 11 Consumption of cigarettes in the UK in representative years (based on figures published by the the Tobacco Manufacturers)

Year	Adult males (lbs. per head)	Adult females (lbs. per head)	Ratio M:F (F = 1)

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General statistics from 1901 Table 12

Year	Population	Death rate *	% dying under age 45	% dying under age 65	Birth rate *	Premature birth rate ‡	Maternal death rate ‡	Stillbirth rate †	Neonatal death rate **	One month to one year death rate (12) - (10) **	Infant mortality rate **	Reproductive wastage rate (9)+(12)	Pulmonary tuberculosis		Tuberculosis (all forms)
Year	Population	Death rate *	% dying under age 45	% dying under age 65	Birth rate *	Premature birth rate ‡	Maternal death rate ‡	Stillbirth rate †	Neonatal death rate **	One month to one year death rate (12) - (10) **	Infant mortality rate **	Reproductive wastage rate (9)+(12)	Notif. rate††	Death rate††	% notif. rate under 15
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)	(13)	(14)	(15)	(16)

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Table 12 - continued.

Year	Population	Death rate *	% dying under age 45	% dying under age 65	Birth rate *	Premature birth rate ‡	Maternal death rate †	Stillbirth rate †	Neonatal death rate **	One month to one year death rate (12)-(10) **	Infant mortality rate **	Reproductive wastage rate (9)+(12)	Pulm tuber	jnary ulosis	Tuberculosis (all forms)
Year	Population	Death rate *	% dying under age 45	% dying under age 65	Birth rate *	Premature birth rate ‡	Maternal death rate †	Stillbirth rate †	Neonatal death rate **	One month to one year death rate (12)-(10) **	Infant mortality rate **	Reproductive wastage rate (9)+(12)	Notif. rate††	Death rate††	% notif. rate under 15
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)	(13)	(14)	(15)	(16)

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Disinfecting Station Table 13

	West	North	South	Total

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Verminous conditions Table 14

	1st Cleansing	2nd Cleansing	3rd Cleansing

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Scabies Table 14—continued

	Cases	Contacts	Treatments

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Table 15

Month	Bodies received from Institutions	Others	Post-mortem examinations		Inquests
Month	Bodies received from Institutions	Others	Lewisham residents	Others	Inquests

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Table 16

Location	Base points	Poison bait taken (ozs.) (Estimated)

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Table 17

	Type of property
	Local authority	Dwelling houses (including council houses)	All other (including business premises)	Total	Agricultural

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Table 18

Specimens	Number	Remarks

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Table 19

Bath	Tests		Variation of chlorine (p.p.m.)
Bath	Chlorine	Boct.	Variation of chlorine (p.p.m.)

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Table 20

Description of the sample	Ammonia nitrogen	Albuminoid nitrogen	Oxidised nitrogen (nitrate)	Chlorides as C1.	Oxygen abs. from permanganate (4 hrs. at 27°C)	Hardness (total)	Hardness (non-carbonate)	pH value	Electrical Conductivity (gemmhos)

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(b) BACTERIOLOGICAL Table 21

BEFORE CHLORINATION (RAW WATER)				AFTER CHLORINATION (WATER PASSING INTO SUPPLY)
Plate counts (average per ml.) Colonies counted on agar		Coliform count		Plate counts (average per ml.) Colonies counted on agar		Coliform count
Plate counts (average per ml.) Colonies counted on agar		Percentage samples neg. 100 ml.		Plate counts (average per ml.) Colonies counted on agar		Percentage samples neg. 100 ml.
37ºC. (20-24 hrs.)	22º C. (3 days)	Coliform	E. Coli	37ºC. (20-24 hrs.)	22º C. (3 days)	Coliform	E. Coli

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Atmospheric Condition Table

	January	February	March	April	May

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1959

June	July	August	September	October	November	December	Average or actual (as applic.)

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Accidents to Children — Sydenham Children's Hospital 1959 Table 23

	Falls	Cuts and bruises	Poison	Burns and scalds	Foreign bodies	Miscellaneous	Total

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Table 24

	W	N	S	Total

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Table 25

Reason for inspection	West	North	South	Total

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Summary of notices served Table 26

	West	North	South	Total

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Nuisances remedied Table 27

Nuisance	West	North	South	Total

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Inspections Table 28

Premises	Number on register	Number of
Premises	Number on register	Inspections	Written notices	Occupiers prosecuted

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Cases in which defects were found Table 29

Defects	No. of defects				Prosecutions instituted
	Found	Remedied	Referred
			To HM Inspector	By HM Inspector

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Table 30

Properties	Dwellings involved	Present position

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Closing Orders in respect of part of house Table 31

Properties	Part of house	Present position

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Table 32 HOUSES IN CLEARANCE AREAS AND UNFIT HOUSES ELSEWHERE

A —HOUSES DEMOLISHED	Houses	Displaced
Clearance areas (Housing Act, 1957)		Displaced
Clearance areas (Housing Act, 1957)		Persons	Families

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Table 33

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Table 34

	Dealer's	Supplementary	Total

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Table 35

Period	Samples	Average composition of samples examined Percentage of
Period	Samples	Milk fat	Solids not fat	Water

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Table 36

Period	Samples	Average percentage composition
Period	Samples	Fat	Milk solids-not fat	Sucrose	Water

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Table 37

Grading	Samples submitted	%

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Samples analysed Table 38

Articles	Examined			Adulterated
Articles	Formal	Informal	Total	Formal	Informal	Total

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Non-genuine samples Table 39

Article	Formal or informal	Adulteration or Irregularity	Action taken or result of proceedings

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Table 39— continued

Article	Formal or informal	Adulteration or irregularity	Action taken or result of proceedings

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Table 39— continued

Article	Formal or informal	Adulteration or irregularity	Action taken or result of proceedings

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During the year the following were registered, the total (including previous registrations) being shown in the last column.

Type	1959	Total

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Table 40

Diseases	Cases notified
Diseases	1959	1958	1957	1956	1955	1954	1953

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Notifications of infectious diseases in 1959 showing sex and age groups Table 41

Diseases	Under 1		1-		3-		5-		10-		15-		25-		45-		65+		Total
Diseases	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F

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Analysis of certain diseases in table 41 into divisional areas— Table 42

Disease	Div. areas	Under 1	1-	3-	5-	10-	15-	25-	45-	65+	Total

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Table 43

	W	N	S	Total

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Table 44

Age periods	New cases notified						Deaths
	Respiratory		Non-Respiratory		Totals		Respiratory		Non-Respiratory		Totals
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F

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Table 45

Division		Sex	0-	1-	2-	5-	10-	15-	20-	25-	35-	45-	55-	65-	75-	Total

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Table 46

Year	Population	New cases notified (all forms) (excluding inward transfers)	Notif. rate per 100,000 pop.	Deaths		Death rate from resp. tuberculosis per 100,000 pop.
Year	Population	New cases notified (all forms) (excluding inward transfers)	Notif. rate per 100,000 pop.	All forms	Respiratory	Lewisham	County of London

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Table 47

	Cases	%*

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Table 48

	Notifications (corrected)	Cases otherwise ascertained	Symptomless excreters	Fatal cases

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Table 49

	Outbreaks		Cases		Total cases
	Family outbreaks	Other outbreaks	Notified	Otherwise ascertained	Total cases

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Table 50

	Notified	Otherwise ascertained	Total cases

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Table 51

Patients	Men	Women	Total

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Table 52

Age at December 31, 1959	Under 1	1	2	3	4	5-9	10-14	Total under 15
Born in year	1959	1958	1957	1956	1955	1950-54	1945-49	Total under 15

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(iii) Vaccination.

Vaccinated during the year (age at date of vaccination)	Under 1	1-4	5-14	15 and over	Total

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(iv) Poliomyelitis

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The following are details of legal proceedings issued during the year:—

Nature of summons	No. of summonses	Total fines			Total costs			Remarks
		£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

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Causes of death at different periods The following table shows the causes of and Table

of life during the year 1959 ages at death during the calendar year 1959:— 2

Table 3

Table 4 Morbidity shown in insurance certificates

Of the 2,617 deaths analysed by us the social categories were as follow:— Table 5

In detail, the social class, related to cause of death, was as follows:— Table 6

Table 7 Grouped deaths in social class

Table 8

Table 9 Heart and circulation mortality

Table 10

Table 11 Consumption of cigarettes in the UK in representative years (based on figures published by the the Tobacco Manufacturers)

General statistics from 1901 Table 12

Table 12 - continued.

Disinfecting Station Table 13

Verminous conditions Table 14

Scabies Table 14—continued

Table 15

Table 16

Table 17

Table 18

Table 19

Table 20

(b) BACTERIOLOGICAL Table 21

Atmospheric Condition Table

1959

Accidents to Children — Sydenham Children's Hospital 1959 Table 23

Table 24

Table 25

Summary of notices served Table 26

Nuisances remedied Table 27

Inspections Table 28

Cases in which defects were found Table 29

Table 30

Closing Orders in respect of part of house Table 31

Table 32 HOUSES IN CLEARANCE AREAS AND UNFIT HOUSES ELSEWHERE

Table 33

Table 34

Table 35

Table 36

Table 37

Samples analysed Table 38

Non-genuine samples Table 39

Table 39— continued

Table 39— continued

During the year the following were registered, the total (including previous registrations) being shown in the last column.

Table 40

Notifications of infectious diseases in 1959 showing sex and age groups Table 41

Analysis of certain diseases in table 41 into divisional areas— Table 42

Table 43

Table 44

Table 45

Table 46

Table 47

Table 48

Table 49

Table 50

Table 51

Table 52

(iii) Vaccination.

(iv) Poliomyelitis

The following are details of legal proceedings issued during the year:—