Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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TABLE 3. SOCIAL LIFE.
Males | Females | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age group (years) | Total Males | Visited by | No Visitors | Total Females | Visited by | No Visitors | ||||||
Relatives | Friends | Church | Other Voluntary | Relatives | Friends | Church | Other Voluntary | |||||
65 – 74 | 33 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 130 | 106 | 73 | 30 | 7 | 14 |
75 – 84 | 71 | 39 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 28 | 188 | 107 | 69 | 25 | 9 | 73 |
85 and over | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | – | – | 46 | 31 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 8 |
Total No. | 119 | 82 | 53 | 22 | 6 | 32 | 364 | 244 | 161 | 65 | 17 | 95 |
Per cent | 100.0 | 68.9 | 44.5 | 18.5 | 5.0 | 26.9 | 100.0 | 67.0 | 44.2 | 17.9 | 4.7 | 26.1 |
TABLE 4. OUTSIDE SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Age group (years) | Total Male Patients | MALES Member of | None | Total Female Patients | FEMALES Member of | None | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Old people's Club | Church Organisations | Other Organisational | Old people's Club | Church Organisations | Other Organisations | |||||
65-74 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 130 | 21 | 24 | 1 | 88 |
75-84 | 71 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 59 | 188 | 20 | 24 | – | 152 |
85 and over | 15 | 4 | 3 | – | 8 | 46 | 5 | 5 | – | 39 |
Total No | 119 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 91 | 364 | 46 | 53 | 1 | 279 |
Per cent. | 100.0 | 12.6 | 13.4 | 1.7 | 76.5 | 100.0 | 12.6 | 14.6 | 0.3 | 76.6 |
Note —Some multiple answers in some eases and hence per cent, totals add to more than 100.