London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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| DISABILITY GROUPS | 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 | |||
| Amputation | M | - | - | 3 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 8 | - | 72 | 103 | |
| F | - | — | — | - | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | - | 31 | |||
| Rheumatism | M | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 61 | 387 | |
| F | - | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 42 | 14 | 66 | 114 | 60 | 10 | 326 | |||
| Deformities, etc. | M | 1 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 23 | 48 | |
| F | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 25 | |||
| Systemic Diseases | M | - | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 4 | - | 52 | 100 | |
| F | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 48 | |||
| Injuries and diseases | M | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | ] | 44 | 110 | |
| F | — | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 4 | — | 66 | |||
| Organic Nervous Diseases | M | 4 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 37 | 28 | 26 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 197 | 411 | |
| F | 1 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 24 | 47 | 27 | 26 | 32 | 5 | — | 214 | |||
| Neurosis | M | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 14 | |
| F | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | - | 8 | |||
| Tuberculosis | M | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 5 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 11 | 13 | |
| F | — | - | - | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | - | 2 | |||
| Other | M | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 8 | 6 | - | 4 | 2 | - | 25 | 83 | |
| F | - | - | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 11 | - | 58 | |||
| Totals | M | 6 | 27 | 42 | 28 | 58 | 96 | 64 | 77 | 65 | 24 | 4 | 491 | ||
| F | 1 | 24 | 38 | 29 | 61 | 133 | 65 | 133 | 194 | 89 | 11 | 778 | |||
| Grand Totals | 7 | 51 | 80 | 57 | 119 | 229 | 129 | 210 | 259 | 113 | 15 | 1269 | |||
(i)Analysis of "Rheumatism" Group
| DISABILITY | SEX | AGE GROUPS (in years) | 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 | GRAND TOTALS | ||
| Arthritis | M | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 201 | |
| F | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 39 | 58 | 40 | 7 | 167 | |||
| Rheumatoid Arthritis | M | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 14 | 131 | |
| F | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 21 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 117 | |||
| Osteo-Arthritis | M | - | - | 1 | - | — | - | 2 | 6 | 4 | - | - | 13 | 55 | |
| F | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 6 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 10 | - | 42 | |||
| Totals | M | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 61 | ||
| F | - | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 42 | 14 | 66 | 114 | 60 | 10 | 326 | |||
| Grand Totals | - | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 48 | 24 | 79 | 131 | 65 | 11 | 387 | |||