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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
Camberwell 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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TABLE 1. DISABILITIES AND EXTENT OF TREATMENT.
| Cause. (Includes post-operative effects associated with the disease specified.) | Under Treatment (Males) | Not under treatment | Under Treatment (Females) | Not under treatment | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Visited by District Nurse | Visited by General Practitioner | Total | Visited by District Nurse | Visited by General Practitioner | |||||||
| Weekly or more often | Less often than weekly | Weekly or more often | Less often than weekly | Weekly or more often | Less often than weekly | Weekly or more often | Less often than weekly | |||||
| Pulmonary T.B. | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Asthma | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 6 | – | – | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Bronchitis | 17 | 2 | – | 5 | 12 | 7 | 38 | – | – | 11 | 20 | 37 |
| Pneumonia | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Other respitatory diseases | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Mental and psychoneurotic disorders | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Heart disease including blood pressure | 18 | 4 | – | 7 | 11 | 16 | 80 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 44 | 63 |
| Diseases of arteries | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Diseases of veins | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 10 | – | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Cerebral vascular lesions | 6 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 2 | 10 | 4 | – | 1 | 9 | 9 |
| Other diseases of C.N.S. | 2 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 7 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Blindness and diseases of the eye | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 16 | 2 | – | – | 3 | 29 |
| Deafness | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Cancer | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | – | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Anaemia | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 6 | 2 | – | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| Diabetes | 4 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | – | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| Peptic Ulcer | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 10 | 1 | – | – | 5 | 7 |
| Hernia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Other diseases of digestive system | 3 | – | – | 3 | – | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Diseases of genito-urinary system | 4 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – |
| Diseases of skin | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| Diseases of bone and organs of movement | 10 | – | – | – | 4 | 10 | 75 | 5 | – | 8 | 41 | 77 |
| Injury | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | 2 | 3 |
| Senility | 5 | 1 | – | 3 | 2 | 41 | 18 | 2 | – | 7 | 11 | 51 |
| Other | 1 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | 3 |
| Total disabilities | 81 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 36 | 120 | 324 | 38 | 4 | 58 | 173 | 332 |
| Total No. of persons | — | r— | 1 | |||||||||
| (i) with disability | 66 | 45 | 239 | 107 | ||||||||
| (II) without disability | – | 8 | – | 18 | ||||||||
| Grand total | 66 | 53 | 239 | 125 | ||||||||
TABLE 2. DEGREE OF INFIRMITY.
| TOTAL PERSONS | AMBULANT | BEDRIDDEN INTERMITTENT | BEDRIDDEN PERMANENT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not confined to house | Confined to house | Not confined to house | Confined to house | |||
| MALES: | ||||||
| Number | 119 | 94 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 2 |
| Per cent | 100.0 | 79.0 | 7.6 | 1.7 | 10.0 | 1.7 |
| FEMALES: | —-— | |||||
| Number | 364 | 229 | 89 | 8 | 30 | 8 |
| Per cent. | 100.0 | 62.9 | 24.4 | 2.2 | 8.3 | 2.2 |