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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
Greenwich 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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(II) Analysis of 'Systemic Diseases' Group
| DISABILITY | SEX | AGE GROUPS (in years) | TOTALS | GRAND TOTALS | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-10 | 11-20 | | 21-30 | | 31—40 | 41-50 | 51-60 | 61-64 | 65-70 | 71-80 | 81-90 | 90 & over | Males | Females | |||
| Bronchitis | M | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | 4 | 9 | |
| F | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 2 | 2 | — | 5 | |||
| Diseases of the heart | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | _ | — | 8 | 16 | ||
| F | _ | _ | _ | _ | 3 | _ | _ | 3 | _ | 8 | |||||
| Sclerosis | M | _ | 1 | — | _ | _ | 4 | 2 | 1 | _ | _ | — | 8 | 22 | |
| F | _ | _ | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | _ | _ | 14 | |||
| Other | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | ||
| F | - | 1 | - | " | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | |||||
| Totals | M | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | _ | 20 | ||
| F | - | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | - | 29 | |||
| Grand Totals | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 6 | - | 49 | |||
(iii) Analysis of 'Organic Nervous Diseases' Group
| DISABILITY | SEX | AGE GROUPS (in years) | TOTALS | GRAND TOTALS | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-10 | 11-20 | 21-30 | 31-40 | 41-50 | 51-60 | 61-64 | | 65-70 | 71-80 | | 81-90 | | 90 & over | | Males | Females | |||
| Spastics | M | _ | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | - | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 19 | 57 | |
| F | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 10 | J | — | 1 | 38 | ||||
| Hemi and Paraplegia | M | _ | 1 | 6 | _ | 5 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 62 | 138 | |
| F | - | 4 | - | 6 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 6 | - | 76 | |||
| Epilepsy | M | — | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | — | J | - | — | — | 15 | 38 | |
| F | _ | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | — | - | 23 | |||||
| Poliomyelitis | M | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | 26 | 37 | |
| F | — | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 11 | |||||
| Encephalitis | M | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 7 | |
| F | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 4 | ||||
| Parkinson's Disease | M | _ | _ | 1 | 2 | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 10 | 20 | |
| F | — | - | — | — | 3 | — | J | 2 | — | — | 10 | ||||
| Friedreich's Ataxia | M | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 5 | |
| F | _ | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |||
| Other | M | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | - | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 10 | ||
| F | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | I | - | - | " | 6 | ||||
| Totals | M | 1 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 31 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 142 | ||
| F | 2 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 7 | 32 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 170 | |||
| Grand Totals | 3 | 23 | 19 | 33 | 47 | 57 | 13 | 51 | 48 | 15 | 3 | 312 | |||