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Lewisham 1965

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

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Table: Table 5GROUPED DEATHS IN SOCIAL CLASS

Table 5

GROUPED DEATHS IN SOCIAL CLASS

Code Nos.GroupMaleFemale
IIIIII IVVTotalIIIIII IVVTotal
10-15CancersNo.1052193102594177371506343300
%213462514100112502115100
17-21Heart and circulationNo.231023811771198021781345175119737
%313472215100211472416100
22-25Lung, not TB or cancerNo7281 578775354411100S732204
%2844252110025492816100
33,34AccidentsNo.132112135024149130
%2642242610071347303100
35SuicidesNo.15103524-753111
%421421221100—1846279100

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LOCAL SICKNESS
The Regional Medical Officer of the Ministry of National Insurance sends a weekly
return indicating 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
mainly by three offices, "Lewisham," "Downham," and "Deptford," and a fair
representation of the trend of sickness within the borough can be given by quoting
the combined figures for these three.

Table: Table 6MORBIDITY SHOWN IN INSURANCE CERTIFICATES

Table 6

MORBIDITY SHOWN IN INSURANCE CERTIFICATES

Weekly average for period ending19641965
January 261,6241,814
February 231,2971,286
March 231,1951,549
April 201,0581,511
May 188571,167
June 15852866
July 13825853
August 10702812
September 7780760
October 59451,031
November 21.2901,178
November 301,3011.207
December 281,0641,163
Weekly average for the year 19641,043
19651,171