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

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Table 1

	Birth rate		Death rate (per 1,000 population) (adjusted)	Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 livebirths)
	Live births (adjusted)	Still births	Death rate (per 1,000 population) (adjusted)	Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 livebirths)

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Causes of death at different periods of life during the year 1960 The following table shows the causes of and ages at death during the calendar year 1960:— Table 2

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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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 and under 65	65 and under 75	75 and over	Total persons (i.e., incl. table opp.)

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Deaths under 1 year of age Table 3

Cause of death	Sex	Under 1 day	1-6 days	1 week	2 weeks	3 weeks	Total under 4 wks.	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

Weekly average for period ending	"Lewisham"	"Downham"

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Of the 2,510 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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Table 6

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

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Table 7 Grouped deaths in social class

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

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Table 8

		Social classification					Total	Not classifiable
		I	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)	(e)	(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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General statistics from 1901 Table 11

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 11— 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)	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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Disinfecting Station Table 12

	West	North	South	Total

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Verminous conditions Table 13

	1st Cleansing	2nd Cleansing	3rd Cleansing	4th Cleansing

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Scabies Table 13 — continued

	Cases	Contacts	Treatments

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Statistics are as under:— Table 14

Month	Bodies received from Institutions	Others	Post-mortem examinations		Inquests held (Lewisham or Southwark)
Month	Bodies received from Institutions	Others	Lewisham residents	Others	Inquests held (Lewisham or Southwark)

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The undermentioned table gives a summary of the work on the rivers and ditches, prebait being laid on 3/4 days:— Table 15

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

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A copy of the report covering the calendar year 1960 submitted to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, as required by the provisions of the above Act, is appended:— Table 16

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

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The following summary relates to the work carried out by the public health laboratory on behalf of the council during 1960:— Table 17

Specimens	Number	Remarks

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There are 4 public swimming baths in the borough, in addition to a few club and school swimming baths. The public swimming baths are shown in the table, together with the laboratory tests taken during the year. Table 18

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

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Average results of the chemical and bacteriological examination of the water supply to the Borough of Lewisham for 1960 milligrams per litre (unless otherwise stated) ( a ) CHEMICAL Table 19

Description of the sample	Ammonia nitrogen	Albuminoid nitrogen	Oxidised nitrogen (nitrate)	Chlorides as CI.	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 20

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

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During 1960 two more areas were made the subject of Smoke Control Orders and particulars with regard to these are as follows:—

Name	No. 6 (Lewisham Park)	No. 7 (Sandhurst)

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Table 21 gives a record of the principal results from six stations and also give some indication of the sunshine, rainfall, etc., during the year. Some of these latter data are not specific to the borough, having been obtained from a publication of the meteorological office, and relate to the nearest station which records the particular item concerned. Atmospheric Conditions in 1960 Table 21

		January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	Average or actual (as applic.)

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Area No. and name	No. of dwellings	Date of operation	Remarks

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Table 22

Accidents	Quarter of year				Total
Accidents	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1960	1959

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Three nurses (officially called Women Health Officers) are concerned with old people and with infectious disease. Their work for old people is tabulated as follows:— Table 23

	W	N	S	Total

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SECTION C —SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA The following table gives a summary of the inspections, etc., carried out by the public health inspectors during the year:— Table 24

Reason for inspection	West	North	South	Total

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Summary of notices served Table 25

	West	North	South	Total

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Nuisances remedied Table 26

Nuisance	West	North	South	Total

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The medical officer of health is required in his annual report to the local authority to report specifically on the administration of, and furnish prescribed particulars with respect to, the matters under part I (factories) and part VIII (outworkers) which are administered by the local authority. Details follow:— Inspections Table 27

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 28

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

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The following is a list of trades concerned, extracted from the August, 1960 lists received:—

Trade	Outworkers employed

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Table 29

Properties	Dwellings involved	Present position

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Closing Orders in respect of part of house Table 30

Properties	Part of house	Present position

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Table 31 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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Rent Act 1957 The Rent Act 1957 came into force on 6 July, 1957, and the following table shows the applications for certificates of disrepair dealt with during the year 1960, and for the whole period.

Table 32	1960	1957-60

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Licences, to remain in operation from January 1 to December 31, were issued during the year as follows:— Table 33

	Dealer's	Supplementary	Total

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During the year under review, 46 samples of milk were submitted for examination to the public analyst by the Council's inspectors ; all were found to be genuine. The average composition of the samples is set out in the following table:— Table 34

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

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Table 35

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

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During the year 163 samples of icecream were submitted for bacteriological examination with the following results:— Table 36

Grading		Samples submitted	%

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Samples Table 37

Articles	Examined			Adulterated
Articles	Formal	Informal	Total	Formal	Informal	Total

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Non-genuine samples Table 38

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	1960	Total

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Totals for the portion of the year in which the depot was working are shown in the table:— Table 39

Country of origin	Tonnage imported		Amount unfit, and remarks

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Table 40

Diseases	Cases notified
Diseases	1960	1959	1958	1957	1956	1955	1954

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Notifications of infectious diseases in 1960 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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The following is a summary of the work in visiting infectious diseases carried out during the year which is in addition to the visits paid by the public health inspectors referred to in table 24:— 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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Analysis of new cases of tuberculosis into divisional areas:— Table 45

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

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Summary of statistics as to tuberculosis for the last ten years 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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(1) Food poisoning cases Table 48

	Notifications (corrected)	Cases otherwise ascertained	Symptomless excreters	Fatal cases

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(2) Particulars of outbreaks Table 49

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

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(3) Single cases Table 50

	Notified	Otherwise ascertained	Total cases

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Table 51

Patients	Men	Women	Total

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Immunisation against diphtheria; whooping cough; smallpox; poliomyelitis Table 52

Age at December 31, 1960	Under 1		1		2		3	4		5-9		10-14	Total under 15
Born in year	I960		1959		1958		1957	1956		1951-55		1946-50	Total under 15

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

Nature of summons	No.	Total fines			Total costs			Remarks

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Table 1

Causes of death at different periods of life during the year 1960 The following table shows the causes of and ages at death during the calendar year 1960:— Table 2

Continued from previous page...

Deaths under 1 year of age Table 3

Table 4 Morbidity shown in insurance certificates

Of the 2,510 deaths analysed by us the social categories were as follow:— Table 5

Table 6

Table 7 Grouped deaths in social class

Table 8

Table 9 Heart and circulation mortality

Table 10

General statistics from 1901 Table 11

Table 11— continued

Disinfecting Station Table 12

Verminous conditions Table 13

Scabies Table 13 — continued

Statistics are as under:— Table 14

The undermentioned table gives a summary of the work on the rivers and ditches, prebait being laid on 3/4 days:— Table 15

A copy of the report covering the calendar year 1960 submitted to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, as required by the provisions of the above Act, is appended:— Table 16

The following summary relates to the work carried out by the public health laboratory on behalf of the council during 1960:— Table 17

There are 4 public swimming baths in the borough, in addition to a few club and school swimming baths. The public swimming baths are shown in the table, together with the laboratory tests taken during the year. Table 18

Average results of the chemical and bacteriological examination of the water supply to the Borough of Lewisham for 1960 milligrams per litre (unless otherwise stated) ( a ) CHEMICAL Table 19

( b ) BACTERIOLOGICAL Table 20

During 1960 two more areas were made the subject of Smoke Control Orders and particulars with regard to these are as follows:—

( continued from p. 25 )

Table 22

Three nurses (officially called Women Health Officers) are concerned with old people and with infectious disease. Their work for old people is tabulated as follows:— Table 23

SECTION C —SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA The following table gives a summary of the inspections, etc., carried out by the public health inspectors during the year:— Table 24

Summary of notices served Table 25

Nuisances remedied Table 26

Cases in which defects were found Table 28

The following is a list of trades concerned, extracted from the August, 1960 lists received:—

Table 29

Closing Orders in respect of part of house Table 30

Table 31 HOUSES IN CLEARANCE AREAS AND UNFIT HOUSES ELSEWHERE

Rent Act 1957 The Rent Act 1957 came into force on 6 July, 1957, and the following table shows the applications for certificates of disrepair dealt with during the year 1960, and for the whole period.

Licences, to remain in operation from January 1 to December 31, were issued during the year as follows:— Table 33

During the year under review, 46 samples of milk were submitted for examination to the public analyst by the Council's inspectors ; all were found to be genuine. The average composition of the samples is set out in the following table:— Table 34

Table 35

During the year 163 samples of icecream were submitted for bacteriological examination with the following results:— Table 36

Samples Table 37

Non-genuine samples Table 38

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

Totals for the portion of the year in which the depot was working are shown in the table:— Table 39

Table 40

Notifications of infectious diseases in 1960 showing sex and age groups Table 41

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

The following is a summary of the work in visiting infectious diseases carried out during the year which is in addition to the visits paid by the public health inspectors referred to in table 24:— Table 43

Table 44

Analysis of new cases of tuberculosis into divisional areas:— Table 45

Summary of statistics as to tuberculosis for the last ten years Table 46

Table 47

(1) Food poisoning cases Table 48

(2) Particulars of outbreaks Table 49

(3) Single cases Table 50

Table 51

Immunisation against diphtheria; whooping cough; smallpox; poliomyelitis Table 52

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