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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 1960
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1960
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These figures denote that females require the service of nurses and home helps more than do males and that, roughly, one in seven of the cases recorded utilise the home help service.
| Male | Female | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Total Home Help | Living alone & Home Help | Total Home Help | Living alone & Home Help |
| 50—60 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| 61—65 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 |
| 66—70 | 12 | 5 | 35 | 24 |
| 71—75 | 20 | 10 | 61 | 35 |
| 76—80 | 31 | 13 | 114 | 81 |
| 81+ | 48 | 23 | 149 | 107 |
| Totals: | 120 | 56 | 377 | 257 |
(Approx. ½ of total)
(Approx. 2/3 of total)
Here is shown the large percentage of those living alone who
require aid from the home help service, which substantiates the
point made previously that those in isolation need special attention.
Table V—Disability Distribution The main disability in both sexes is associated with the respiratory system.
| MALES | Age | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50—60 | 61—65 | 66—70 | 71—75 | 76—80 | 81 & over | |
| Total number in age group | 27 | 58 | 219 | 300 | 259 | 181 |
| Gastro Intestinal Tract | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| Respiratory System | 4 | 6 | 40 | 42 | 34 | 18 |
| Cardio Vascular System | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 7 |
| Locomotion | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 5 |
| Blind | 1 | 1 | – | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Deaf | – | – | 2 | – | 4 | 3 |
| Blind and Deaf | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
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| FEMALES | Age | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50—60 | 61—65 | 66—70 | 71—75 | 76—80 | 81 & over | |
| Total number in age group | 70 | 253 | 520 | 621 | 544 | 438 |
| Gastro Intestinal Tract | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 10 |
| Respiratory System | 3 | 21 | 42 | 33 | 35 | 26 |
| Cardio Vascular System | 4 | 11 | 15 | 29 | 21 | 25 |
| Locomotion | 8 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 30 | 30 |
| Blind | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 |
| Deaf | – | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 |
| Blind and Deaf | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
In a few cases there was more than one handicap.