[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

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The following table shows the causes of and ages at death during the calendar year 1951 :— Table 3

Code No.	Cause of death	Nett deaths at the subjoined ages of "residents" 1 whether occurring within or without the borough 1
		All ages	Under 1 yr.	1 and under	5 and under	15 and under	25 and under	45 and under	65 and under	75 and vover
		All ages	Under 1 yr.	5	15	25	45	65	75	75 and vover

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Table 4

Cause of death	Sex	Under 1 day	1-6 days	/ week	2 weeks	3 weeks	Total under 4 wks.	1-2 mths.	3-5 mths.	6-8 mths.	9-11 mths.	Total l-ll mths.	Total under lyr.

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Table 5

Average of four weeks ending	Lewisham	Downham	Kidbrooke	Norwood

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Social class in relation to cause of death Of the 2,527 deaths analysed by us the social categories were as follow : — Table 6

Social class	1	II	III	IV	V	Total	No information

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The social class, related to cause of death, was as follows :— Table 7

Code No.	Cause of death	Male						Female
Code No.	Cause of death	1	II	Ill	IV	V	Total	1	II	Ill	IV	V	Total

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Table 8

		Male						Female
		1	11	I11	IV	V	Total	1	11	I11	IV	V	Total

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Table 9

		Social classification					Total	Not classifiable
		1	II	III	IV	V	Total	Not classifiable

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General Statistics from 1901 Table 10

yearr	Births		Maternal death rote t	Stillbirth rate t	Neonatal death rate§	One month to one year death rate§ (8) .(6)	Infant 'mortality rate§	Reproductive wastage rate (5)+ (8)	Pulmonary tuberculosis		Tuberculosis (all forms)
yearr	No.	Rate*	Maternal death rote t	Stillbirth rate t	Neonatal death rate§	One month to one year death rate§ (8) .(6)	Infant 'mortality rate§	Reproductive wastage rate (5)+ (8)	Notif. rate*	Death rate*	% notif. rate under 15

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Disinfecting Station Table 11

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Verminous conditions Table 12

	First cleansing	Second cleansing	Third cleansing		Fourth cleansing

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Table 13

Month	Bodies received from hospitals	Others	Post-mortem examinations		Inquests
Month	Bodies received from hospitals	Others	Lewisham residents	Others	Inquests

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Table 14

	Parliamentary Division
	West	North	South	Total

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Table 15

River	Location	No. of base points	Prebaiting				Poison bait		Estimated rats killed
			No. of days on which prebait laid	Results			Amount laid (ozs.)	Amount taken (ozs.)
				Takes	Small takes	No takes

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Prevalence of rats and mice Table 16

Type of property	(1)	(ii)		(iii)		(iv)	(v)
	Total in borough	Properties inspected as a result of (a) notification or (b) otherwise		Properties (under ii) found to be rat infested		Properties found to be seriously mouse infested	infested properties (under iii and ir) treated
	Total in borough	(a)	(b)	Major	Minor	Properties found to be seriously mouse infested	infested properties (under iii and ir) treated

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Average results of the examination of the water supply to the Borough of Lewisham for 1951 parts per million (unless otherwise stated) (a) CHEMICAL Table 17

Description of the sample	No. of samples	Ammoniacal nitrogen	Albuminoid nitrogen	Oxidised nitrogen (nitrate)	Chlorides as CI.	Oxygen abs. from permanganate (3 hrs. at 80°F)	Hardness (total)	Hardness (non. carbonate)	pH value	Conductivity

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(b) BACTERIOLOGICAL Table 18

	No. of samples	Agar colony count (average per millilitre)		Percentage of samples negative to Bad. coli in 100 ml.	Bact. coli per 100 ml.
	No. of samples	22°C 3 days	37 °C (20-24 hrs.)	Percentage of samples negative to Bad. coli in 100 ml.	Bact. coli per 100 ml.

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Weather conditions in 1951 Table 19

Month	Air temperature			Rainfall		Sunshine. percentage of average	Remarks	Average values 1881.1915				Lewisham Town Hall— Air temperature
	Highest °F	Lowest °F	Difference from average daily mean °F	Percentage of average	No. of days difference from average			Daily mean temperature °F	Total rainfall mm.	No. of days	Daily sunshine hrs.	Lewisham Town Hall— Air temperature
	Highest °F	Lowest °F	Difference from average daily mean °F	Percentage of average	No. of days difference from average			Daily mean temperature °F	Total rainfall mm.	No. of days	Daily sunshine hrs.	Highest	Lowest

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SECTION " C " — SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA The following table gives a summary of the inspections, etc., carried out by the district sanitary inspectors, food inspectors and housing inspectors during the year:— Table 20

Reason for inspection	West	North	South	Total

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Reason for inspection	West	North	South	Total

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Table 21

	West	North	South	Total

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Nuisances remedied Table 22

Nuisance	West	North	South	Total

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Inspections Table 23

Premises	Number of
Premises	Inspections	Written notices	Occupiers prosecuted

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Table 24

Defects	Number of cases in which defects—				No. of cases in which prosecutions instituted
	Found	Remedied	Referred
			To H.M. Inspector	By H.M. Inspector

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The following new houses or flats were completed by the Council during the year:

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During the year the following families were rehoused:—

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Table 25

	West	North	South	Total

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Table 26

Properties	Number of dwellings involved	Present position

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Properties	Number of dwellings involved	Present position

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Table 27

Properties	Part of house	Present position

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Properties	Part of House	Present position

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Table 28 PART A —CLEARANCE AREAS

	Number of dwelling-houses demolished		Number of persons displaced
	Unfit houses	Other houses	Number of persons displaced

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PART b —unfit houses not included in clearance areas

		Number of houses		Number of persons displaced

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Table 29

Month	West	North	South	Total

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Table 30

Item	Total

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Table 31

	Dealer's	Supplementary	Total

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Table 32

Period	Number of samples	Average composition of samples examined Percentage of
Period	Number of samples	Milk fat	Solids not fat	Water

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Table 33

Milk	Total	Result

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Table 34

Grading	Parliamentary division			Total
Grading	West	North	South	Total

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Table 35

	Number of samples	Average percentage composition
	Number of samples	Fat	Milk solids-not fat	Sucrose	Water

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Table 36

Articles	Number examined							Number adulterated
	Informal			Formal			Total	Informal			Formal			Total
	W	N	S	W	N	S	Total	W	N	S	W	N	S	Total

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Table 37

Parliamentary division	Article	Formal or informal	Adulteration or irregularity	Action taken

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Table 38

	Cattle excl. cows	Cows	Calves	Sheep and lambs	Pigs	Goats

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Table 39

Diseases	Number of cases notified
Diseases	1951	1950	1949	1948	1947	1946	1945

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Table 40

Diseases	0-1		1-5		5-15		15-45		45-65		65 up		Total
Diseases	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F

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Table 41

	Div. areas	0-1	1-5	5-15	15-45	45-65	65 up	Total

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Table 42

	W	N	S	Total

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Table 43

	Number of primary notifications of new cases		Deaths

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Table 44

Age periods	New cases notified						Deaths
	Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary		Totals		Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary		Totals
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F

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Table 45

Division		Sex	0-	/-	2-	5-	10-	15-	20-	25-	35-	45-	55-	65-	75-	Total

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Table 45— continued

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Table 46

Age period	Pulmonary		Non-pulmonary		Total
Age period	M	F	M	F	M	F

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Table 47

Source of information	Pulmonary	Non-pulmonary

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Table 48

	Pulmonary		Non-pulmonary
	M	F	M	F

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Table 49

year	Population	No. of new cases notified (all forms) (excluding inward transfers)	Notif. rate per thousand pop.	Deaths		Death rate from pulmonary tuberculosis per thousand population
year	Population		Notif. rate per thousand pop.	All forms	Respiratory

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Table 50

	W	N	S	Total

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Table 51

	(a) Primary case in house		(b) Second case in house Non transfer		(c) Second case in house Inward transfer

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Table 52

Age at December 31, 1951	Under 1	/	2	3	4	5-9	10-14	Total under 15
Born in year	1951	1950	1949	1948	1947	1946-42	1941-37	Total under 15

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(iii) Vaccination against smallpox

Age at December 31, 1951	Under 1	1-4	5-14	15 and over	Total

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Public Health (London) Act, 1936

Date of hearing	Nature of offence	Fine	Costs			Remarks
Date of hearing	Nature of offence	£	£	s.	d.	Remarks

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Date of hearing	Nature of offence	Fine	Costs			Remarks
Date of hearing	Nature of offence	£	£	s.	d.	Remarks

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Date of hearing	Nature of offence	Fine	Costs			Remarks
Date of hearing	Nature of offence	£	£	s.	d.	Remarks

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Date ofhearing	Nature of offence	Fine	Costs			Remarks
Date ofhearing	Nature of offence	£	£	s.	d.	Remarks

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BYELAWS MADE BY THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL

Date of hearing	Nature of offence	Fine	Costs			Remarks
Date of hearing	Nature of offence	£	£	s.	d.	Remarks

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Date of hearing	Nature of offence	Fine	Costs			Remarks
Date of hearing	Nature of offence	£	£	s.	d.	Remarks

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CASES HEARD BY APPEALS COMMITTEE OF THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL

Date of hearing	Nature of appeal	Remarks

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HOUSING ACT, 1936

Date of hearing	Nature of offence	Fine	Costs			Remarks
Date of hearing	Nature of offence	£ s. d.	£	s.	d.	Remarks

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Food and Drugs Act, 1938

Date of hearing	Nature of offence	Fine			Costs			Remarks
Date of hearing	Nature of offence	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	Remarks

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Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949

Date of hearing	Nature of offence	Fine			Costs			Remarks
Date of hearing	Nature of offence	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	Remarks

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Population distribution by age and marital condition, Lewisham

	Males	Females

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Occupation and social class (males, occupied and retired)

Social class	Lewisham		London Administrative County	Greater London	England and Wales
Social class	Nos.	%	%	%	%

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The following table shows the causes of and ages at death during the calendar year 1951 :— Table 3

Table 4

Table 5

Social class in relation to cause of death Of the 2,527 deaths analysed by us the social categories were as follow : — Table 6

The social class, related to cause of death, was as follows :— Table 7

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Table 9

General Statistics from 1901 Table 10

Disinfecting Station Table 11

Verminous conditions Table 12

Table 13

Table 14

Table 15

Prevalence of rats and mice Table 16

Average results of the examination of the water supply to the Borough of Lewisham for 1951 parts per million (unless otherwise stated) (a) CHEMICAL Table 17

(b) BACTERIOLOGICAL Table 18

Weather conditions in 1951 Table 19

SECTION " C " — SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA The following table gives a summary of the inspections, etc., carried out by the district sanitary inspectors, food inspectors and housing inspectors during the year:— Table 20

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Table 21

Nuisances remedied Table 22

Inspections Table 23

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The following new houses or flats were completed by the Council during the year:

During the year the following families were rehoused:—

Table 25

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Table 28 PART A —CLEARANCE AREAS

PART b —unfit houses not included in clearance areas

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(iii) Vaccination against smallpox

Public Health (London) Act, 1936

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BYELAWS MADE BY THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL

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CASES HEARD BY APPEALS COMMITTEE OF THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL

HOUSING ACT, 1936

Food and Drugs Act, 1938

Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949

Population distribution by age and marital condition, Lewisham

Occupation and social class (males, occupied and retired)