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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
Lewisham 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Local sickness
The Regional Medical Officer of the Ministry of National Insurance
kindly sends a weekly return indicating the first certificates of
sickness benefit received in the local offices. The areas served by these
local offices are in the main coterminous with postal districts of London
and do not coincide with borough boundaries. Lewisham is served by
four offices, "Lewisham." "Downham," "Eltham," and "Norwood," but
as only a very small portion of the borough comes within the purview
of the last two, it is felt that a better representation of the trend of
sickness within the borough is given by quoting only the combined
figures for "Lewisham," and "Downham".
| Weekly average for period ending | "Lewisham & Downham" | Weekly average for period ending | "Lewisham & Downham" | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 21 | ||||||
| April 18 | ||||||
| May 16 | ||||||
FIRST APPLICATIONS FOR SICKNESS BENEFIT
Dotted lines—Maximum and Minimum 1951—61 Continuous line—1961