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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 1969
[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 | – | – | 4 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 18 | 20 | 7 | – | 87 | 28 | 115 | ||
| F | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | – | |||||
| Rheumatism | M | – | – | – | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 8 | – | 55 | 355 | 410 | |
| F | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 39 | 37 | 54 | 139 | 66 | 6 | |||||
| Deformities, etc. | M | – | – | 3 | – | – | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | 16 | 17 | 33 | ||
| F | – | 2 | 3 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 2 | 1 | – | ||||||
| Systemic Diseases | M | – | – | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 3 | – | 61 | 52 | 113 | |
| F | – | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Injuries and diseases | M | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 52 | 76 | 128 | |
| F | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 4 | – | |||||
| Organic Nervous Diseases | M | 4 | 15 | 27 | 18 | 43 | 49 | 27 | 28 | 21 | 3 | – | 235 | 251 | 486 | |
| F | 1 | 14 | 21 | 16 | 34 | 47 | 26 | 36 | 46 | 10 | – | |||||
| Neurosis | M | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 9 | 15 | |
| F | – | – | 2 | – | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | |||||
| Tuberculosis | M | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
| F | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | |||||
| Other | M | – | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | – | 34 | 67 | 101 | |
| F | – | – | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 12 | – | |||||
| Totals | M | 5 | 24 | 50 | 31 | 66 | 117 | 77 | 86 | 70 | 27 | 1 | 554 | 858 | ||
| F | 2 | 21 | 43 | 30 | 70 | 126 | 84 | 135 | 240 | 100 | 7 | |||||
| Grand Totals | 7 | 45 | 93 | 61 | 136 | 243 | 161 | 221 | 310 | 127 | 8 | 1412 | ||||
(i) Analysis of "Rheumatism" 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 | ||||
| Arthritis | M | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 5 | – | 32 | 176 | 208 | |
| F | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 44 | 62 | 42 | 4 | |||||
| Rheumatoid | M | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 10 | 132 | 142 | |
| F | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 30 | 2 | 54 | 13 | 2 | |||||
| Osteo-Arthritis | M | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | 8 | – | 2 | – | 13 | 47 | 60 | |
| F | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 11 | – | |||||
| Totals | M | – | – | – | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 8 | – | 55 | 355 | ||
| F | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 39 | 37 | 54 | 139 | 66 | 6 | |||||
| Grand Totals | – | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 44 | 44 | 69 | 151 | 74 | 6 | 410 | ||||