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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 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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(ii) Analysis of "Disease of Systems" 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 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 | J | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | 6 | 11 | ||
| F | _ | _ | — | _ | 1 | 2 | 1 | _ | _ | 1 | _ | 5 | ||||
| Heart Diseases | M | — | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | _ | 16 | 30 | ||
| F | — | — | 1 | _ | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | _ | 14 | ||||
| Sclerosis | M | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | _ | 17 | 36 | ||
| F | — | — | 4 | — | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | _ | 19 | ||||
| Others | M | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 2 | 3 | ||
| F | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | ||||
| Totals | M | J | _ | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 1 | 5 | 6 | _ | 41 | |||
| F | _ | _ | 5 | _ | 4 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 | _ | 39 | ||||
| Grand Totals | 1 | _ | 8 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 11 | _ | 80 | ||||
(iii) Analysis of "Organic Nervous Diseases" Group
| DISABILITY | SEX | AGE GROUPS (in year) | 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 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 26 | 67 | ||
| F | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | _ | 2 | 41 | |||||
| Hemi- and Para-Plegia | M | _ | ? | 11 | 1 1 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 71 | 150 | |||||
| F | _ | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 17 | _ | 79 | |||||
| Epilepsy | M | _ | _ | I | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | _ | _ | _ | 21 | 49 | ||
| F | _ | _ | _ | ? | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 28 | ||||||
| Poliomyelitis | M | I | 7 | _ | 2 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 3 | _ | _ | 32 | ||||
| F | _ | 5 | 5 | 3 | _ | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | _ | _ | 21 | 53 | |||
| Encephalitis | M | _ | 2 | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 4 | ||||||||
| F | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 3 | 3 | _ | 2 | _ | _ | 8 | 19 | |||
| Parkinson's Disease | M F | _ | _ | 1 | 2 | 6 2 | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | 9 | 10 | ||
| Friedreich's Ataxia | M | _ | _ | _ | _ | ?, | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 3 | 6 | ||
| F | _ | 2 | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 3 | ||||
| Other | M | _ | _ | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 7 | 14 | ||
| F | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 7 | |||
| Totals | M | 2 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 36 | 29 | 24 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 173 | ||||
| F | 2 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 44 | 35 | 22 | 27 | 2 | _ | 197 | ||||
| Grand Totals | 4 | 29 | 36 | 33 | 55 | 73 | 59 | 47 | 29 | 5 | 370 | |||||