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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 5. INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITIES.
| Age Group (years) | ACTIVITIES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total patients | Reading | Needlework | Knitting | Crochet | Rug making | Cards Jigsaws or Dominoes | Gardening | Carpentry | Music (Instrument or singing) | |
| MALES : | ||||||||||
| 65-74 | 33 | 26 | 1 | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | – | |
| 75-84 | 71 | 38 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 85 and over | 15 | 13 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Total No. | 119 | 77 | 1 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| Per cent. | 100.0 | 64.7 | 0.8 | 1.7 | – | – | 0.8 | 5.9 | 1.7 | 0.8 |
| FEMALES: | i r» | |||||||||
| 65-74 | 130 | 97 | 19 | 44 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| 75-84 | 188 | 102 | 26 | 35 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 85 and over | 46 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total No. | 364 | 227 | 52 | 84 | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Per cent. | 100.0 | 62.4 | 14.3 | 23.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | – | 0.3 | – | 0.3 |
TABLE 6. ENTERTAINMENTS.
| Age group (years) | Total Male Patients | MALES Entertainments | Total Female Patients | Entertainments | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cinema | Concert | Wireless | Television | Cinema | Concert | Wireless | Television | |||
| 65-74 | 33 | 5 | – | 31 | 4 | 130 | 17 | – | 121 | 22 |
| 75-84 | 71 | 8 | – | 47 | 9 | 188 | 7 | – | 112 | 21 |
| 85 and over | 15 | 3 | – | 13 | – | 46 | – | – | 31 | 3 |
| Total No. | 119 | 16 | – | 91 | 13 | 364 | 24 | – | 264 | 46 |
| Per cent. | 100.0 | 13.4 | – | 76.5 | 10.9 | 100.0 | 6.6 | – | 72.5 | 12.6 |