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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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(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 | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | – | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | – | 17 | 10 | 27 | |
| F | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | – | – | ||||||
| Heart Diseases | M | – | – | 2 | – | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | – | 1 | – | 20 | 25 | 45 | |
| F | – | – | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Sclerosis | M | – | 1 | _ | – | 1 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 20 | 16 | 36 | |
| F | – | 1 | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | – | – | |||||
| Others | M | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Totals | M | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 3 | – | 61 | 52 | ||
| F | – | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Grand Totals | – | 2 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 22 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 113 | ||||
(iii) Analysis of "Organic Nervous Diseases" 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 | |||
| Spastics | M | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | – | – | 42 | 55 | 97 | |
| F | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | – | |||||
| Hemi-and Para-Plegia | M | 2 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 1 | – | 97 | 106 | 203 | |
| F | – | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 6 | – | |||||
| Epilepsy | M | – | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 33 | 44 | 77 | |
| F | – | 2 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | – | |||||
| Poliomyelitis | M | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 42 | 25 | 67 | |
| F | – | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | – | – | |||||
| Encephalitis | M | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
| F | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | |||||
| Parkinson's Disease | M | – | – | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 8 | 17 | |
| F | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | – | – | |||||
| Friedreich's Ataxia | M | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| F | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Other | M | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| F | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Totals | M | 4 | 15 | 27 | 18 | 43 | 49 | 27 | 28 | 21 | 3 | – | 235 | 251 | ||
| F | 1 | 14 | 21 | 16 | 34 | 47 | 26 | 36 | 46 | 10 | – | |||||
| Grand Totals | 5 | 29 | 48 | 34 | 77 | 96 | 53 | 64 | 67 | 13 | 486 | |||||