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Lewisham 1960

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

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other authorities that the old people were not prejudiced thereby; and
secondly that Lewisham could be regarded as a fairly typical suburban
area and that if anything was required here it might well be required
elsewhere.
Besides representatives of the Fund, the committee includes representatives
of the hospital management committee, the London County
Council, local practitioners and LOPW.A, and I represent the borough
council. The committee has decided to carry out a partial house-to
house survey of the borough through an official agency. After a pilot
survey, in which the health department officers gave great help, the
main survey was carried out in the late spring of 1961. Tabulated
results will not be available to the committee until the end of 1961.