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

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Causes of death at different periods The following table shows the causes of and Table

Code No.	Causes of death	Nett deaths at the subjoined ages of " residents " whether occurring within or without the borough
		MALES									Total perrson (i.e include table opp.)
		All ages	Under I yr.	1 and under 5	5 and under 15	15 and under 25	25 and under 45	45 and under 65	65 and under 75	75 and over	Total perrson (i.e include table opp.)

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of life during the year 1961 ages at death during the calendar year 1961 :— 2

Code No.	Causes of death	Nett deaths at the subjoined ages of " residents " whether occurring within or without the borough
		FEMALES									Total persons (i.e.. incl. table op p.)
		All ages	Under 1 yr.	1 and under 5	5 and under 15	15 and under 25	25 and under 45	45 and under 65	65 and under 75	75 and over	Total persons (i.e.. incl. table op p.)

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Deaths under 1 year of age Table 3

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

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The social class, related to cause of death, was as follows :— Table 4

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

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Table 5 Grouped deaths in social class

Code Nos.	Group	Male						Female
Code Nos.	Group	1	II	III	IV	V	Total	1	II	III	IV	V	Total

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Table 6

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

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Table 7 Morbidity shown in insurance certificates

Weekly average for period ending		"Lewisham & Downham"	Weekly average for period ending			"Lewisham & Downham"

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Table 8 Heart and circulation mortality

Year (a)	Deaths from			Total heart and circulation (all ages) (e)	Age group 45-65		Total deaths in borough (h)	Percentage
Year (a)	Coronary diseases (b)	Other heart diseases* (c)	Other circulatory diseases† (d)	Total heart and circulation (all ages) (e)	Total (f)	Coronary diseases (g)	Total deaths in borough (h)	(e) of (h) (i)	(f) of (h) (j)	(g) of (h) (k)

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Lung cancer Table 9

Year (a)	MALE			FEMALE
	All cancer deaths (b)	Lung cancer deaths (c)	(c)as % of (b) (d)	All cancer deaths (e)	Lung cancer deaths (f)	(f) as % of (e)

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General statistics from 1901 Table 10

Year	Population	Death rate *	% dying under age 45	% dying under age 65	Birth rate *	Premature birth rate ‡	Maternal death rate †	Stillbirth rate †	Neonatal death rate **	One month to one year death rate (12)-(10) **	Infant mortality rate ♦ ♦	Reproductive wastage rate (9)+(12)	Pulmonary tuberculosis		Tuberculosis (a/1 forms)
Year	Population	Death rate *	% dying under age 45	% dying under age 65	Birth rate *	Premature birth rate ‡	Maternal death rate †	Stillbirth rate †	Neonatal death rate **	One month to one year death rate (12)-(10) **	Infant mortality rate ♦ ♦	Reproductive wastage rate (9)+(12)	Notif. rate†	Death rate†	% notif. rate under 15
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)	(13)	(14)	(15)	(16)

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Table 10-continued

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)	(13)	(14)	(15)	(16)

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SECTION B — GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES Disinfection and personal cleansing Details of the work carried out during the year are as follows :— Disinfecting Station Table 11

	West	North	South	Total

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Treatments for verminous conditions and for scabies were as follow: — Verminous conditions Table 12

	1st Cleansing	2nd Cleansing	3rd Cleansing	4th Cleansing

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Scabies Table 12—continued

	Cases	Contacts	Treatments

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Table 13

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

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Table 14

Location	Base points

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Table 15

	Type of property
	Local authority	Dwelling houses (including council houses)	All other (including business premises)	Total	Agricultural

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Table 16

Specimens	Number	Remarks

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Table 17

Bath	Tests		Variation of chlorine (p.p.m.)
Bath	Chlorine	Bact.	Variation of chlorine (p.p.m.)

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Average results of the chemical and bacteriological examination of the water supply to the Borough of Lewisham for 1961 milligrams per litre (unless otherwise stated) (a) CHEMICAL Table 18

Description of the sample	Ammonia nitrogen	Albuminoid nitrogen	Oxidised nitrogen (nitrate)	Chlorides as CI.	Oxygen abs. from permanganate (4 hrs. at 27°C)	Hardness (total)	Hardness (non. carbonate)	PH value	Electrical Conductivity (micromhos)

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(b) BACTERIOLOGICAL Table 19

BEFORE TREATMENT (RAW WATER)				AFTER TREATMENT (WATER PASSING INTO SUPPLY)
Plate counts (average per ml.) Colonies counted on agar		Coliform count		Plate counts (average per ml.) Colonies counted on agar		Coliform count
37° C. (20.24 hrs.)	22° C. (3 days)	Percentage samples neg. 100 ml.		37° C. (20.24 hrs.)	22 C. (3 days)	Percentage samples neg. 100 ml.
37° C. (20.24 hrs.)	22° C. (3 days)	Coliform	E. Coli	37° C. (20.24 hrs.)	22 C. (3 days)	Coliform	E. Coli

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Atmospheric pollution Clean Air Act During 1961 four more areas were made the subject of Smoke Control Orders and particulars with regard to these are as follows: —

Name	No. 8 (Hazelbank)	No. 9 (Northover)	No. 10 (Blythe Hill)	No. II (Algernon)

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Table 20

Area No. and name	No. of dwellings	Date of operation	Remarks

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Atmospheric Conditions Table

	January	February	March	April	May

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June	July	August	September	October	November	December	Average or actual (as applic.)

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Table 22

Accidents	Quarter of year				Total
Accidents	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1961	1960

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Table 23

	W	N	S	Total

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Table 24

Reason for inspection	West	North	South	Total

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Summary of notices served Table 25

	West	North	South	Total

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Nuisances remedied Table 26

Nuisance	West	North	South	Total

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Inspections Table 27

Premises	Number on register	Number of
Premises	Number on register	Inspections	Written notices	Occupiers prosecuted

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Cases in which defects were found Table 28

Defects	No. of defects				Prosecutions instituted
	Found	Remedied	Referred
			To HM Inspector	By HM Inspector

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Table 29

Properties	Dwellings involved	Present position

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Closing Orders in respect of part of house Table 30

Properties	Part of house	Present position

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Table 30— cont.

Properties	Part of house	Present position

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Table 31 HOUSES IN CLEARANCE AREAS AND UNFIT HOUSES ELSEWHERE

A —HOUSES DEMOLISHED Clearance areas (Housing Act, 1957)	Houses	Displaced
A —HOUSES DEMOLISHED Clearance areas (Housing Act, 1957)	Houses	Persons	Families

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Table 33

Period	Samples	Average composition of sampl Percentage of		es examined
Period	Samples	Milk fat	Solids not fat	Water

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Table 34

Period	Samples	Average percentage composition
Period	Samples	Fat	Milk solids-not fat	Water

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Table 35

Grading	Samples submitted	%

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Samples analysed Table 36

Articles	Examined			Adulterated
Articles	Formal	informal	Total	Formal	Informal	Total

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Non-genuine samples Table 37

Article	Formal or informal	Adulteration or irregularity	Action taken or result of proceedings

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Table 37— cont.

Article	Formal or informal	Adulteration or irregularity	Action taken or result of proceedings

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Registration of food premises During the year the following were registered, the total (including previous registrations) being shown in the last column.

Type	1961	Total

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Totals for the year are shown in the table :— Table 38

Country of origin	Tonnage imported	Amount unfit, and remarks

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Number of Notified Cases (corrected for revised diagnosis) during the year 1961 with comparative figures for the previous six years. Table 39

Diseases	Cases notified
Diseases	1961	1960	1959	1958	1957	1956	1955

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Notifications of infectious diseases in 1961 showing sex and age groups Table 40

Diseases	Under 1		1-		3-		5-		10-		15-		25-		45-		65 +		Total
Diseases	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F

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Analysis of certain diseases in table 40 into divisional areas— Table 41

Disease	Div. areas	Under 1	1-	3-	5-	10-	15-	25-	45-	65+	Total

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Table 42

	W	N	S	Total

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Table 43

Age periods	New coses notified						Respiratory		Deaths		Totals
Age periods	Respiratory		Non-Respiratory		Totals		Respiratory		Non-Respiratory		Totals
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F

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Analysis of new cases of tuberculosis into divisional areas :— Table 44

Division		Sex	0-	1-	2-	5-	10-	15-	20-	25-	35-	45-	55-	65-	75-	Total

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Summary of statistics as to tuberculosis for the last ten years Table 45

Year	Population	New cases notified (all forms) (excluding inward transfers)	Notif. rate per 100,000 pop.	Deaths		Death rate from resp. tuberculosis per 100,000 pop.
Year	Population	New cases notified (all forms) (excluding inward transfers)	Notif. rate per 100,000 pop.	All forms	Respiratory	Lewisham	County of London

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Table 46

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(1) Food poisoning cases Table 47

	Notifications (corrected)	Cases otherwise ascertained	Symptomless excreters	Fatal cases

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(2) Particulars of outbreaks

	Outbreaks		Cases		Total cases
	Family outbreaks	Other outbreaks	Notified	Otherwise ascertained	Total cases

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Table 48

Patients	Men	Women	Total

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Table 49

Age at December 31, 1961	Under 1	1	2	3	4	5-9	10-14	Total under 15
Born in year	1961	1960	1959	1958	1957	1952-56	1947-51	Total under 15

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The following are details of legal proceedings during the year: —

Nature of summons	No.	Total fines		Total costs		Remarks

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Causes of death at different periods The following table shows the causes of and Table

of life during the year 1961 ages at death during the calendar year 1961 :— 2

Deaths under 1 year of age Table 3

The social class, related to cause of death, was as follows :— Table 4

Table 5 Grouped deaths in social class

Table 6

Table 7 Morbidity shown in insurance certificates

Table 8 Heart and circulation mortality

Lung cancer Table 9

General statistics from 1901 Table 10

Table 10-continued

SECTION B — GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES Disinfection and personal cleansing Details of the work carried out during the year are as follows :— Disinfecting Station Table 11

Treatments for verminous conditions and for scabies were as follow: — Verminous conditions Table 12

Scabies Table 12—continued

Table 13

Table 14

Table 15

Table 16

Table 17

Average results of the chemical and bacteriological examination of the water supply to the Borough of Lewisham for 1961 milligrams per litre (unless otherwise stated) (a) CHEMICAL Table 18

(b) BACTERIOLOGICAL Table 19

Atmospheric pollution Clean Air Act During 1961 four more areas were made the subject of Smoke Control Orders and particulars with regard to these are as follows: —

Table 20

Atmospheric Conditions Table

n 1961 21

Table 22

Table 23

Table 24

Summary of notices served Table 25

Nuisances remedied Table 26

Inspections Table 27

Cases in which defects were found Table 28

Table 29

Closing Orders in respect of part of house Table 30

Table 30— cont.

Table 31 HOUSES IN CLEARANCE AREAS AND UNFIT HOUSES ELSEWHERE

Table 33

Table 34

Table 35

Samples analysed Table 36

Non-genuine samples Table 37

Table 37— cont.

Registration of food premises During the year the following were registered, the total (including previous registrations) being shown in the last column.

Totals for the year are shown in the table :— Table 38

Number of Notified Cases (corrected for revised diagnosis) during the year 1961 with comparative figures for the previous six years. Table 39

Notifications of infectious diseases in 1961 showing sex and age groups Table 40

Analysis of certain diseases in table 40 into divisional areas— Table 41

Table 42

Table 43

Analysis of new cases of tuberculosis into divisional areas :— Table 44

Summary of statistics as to tuberculosis for the last ten years Table 45

Table 46

(1) Food poisoning cases Table 47

(2) Particulars of outbreaks

Table 48

Table 49

The following are details of legal proceedings during the year: —

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