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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
Bermondsey 1958
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1958
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Table IV—Utilisation of welfare services
| Age | MALE | FEMALE | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home Help | Dist. Nurse | Bathing | Laundry | Meals on Wheels | Home Help | Dist. Nurse | Bathing | Laundry | Meals on Wheels | |
| 50—59 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| 60—64 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | – | – | 3 |
| 65—69 | 32 | 1 | – | – | – | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 70—74 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 9 | – | 3 | 1 |
| 75—79 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 7 | – | 3 | 5 |
| 80—89 | 19 | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | 46 | 16 | – | 11 | 12 |
| 90 + | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 1 | 2 |
| 63 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 127 | 38 | 1 | 21 | 26 | |
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