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

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Comparative statistics for the year 1962 Table 1

	Birth rate		Death rate (per 1,000 population) (adjusted)	Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 livebirths)
	Live births (adjusted)	Still births	Death rate (per 1,000 population) (adjusted)	Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 livebirths)

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Causes of death at different periods of life during the year 1962 The following table shows the causes of and age at death during the calender year 1962:- Table 2

Code No.	Causes of death	Nett deaths at the subjoined ages of "residents" whether occurring within or without the borough
		MALES									Total persons (i.e.,) incl. table opp. (b [Oil tin *
		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 opp. (b [Oil tin *

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Causes of death at different periods of life during the year 1962 The following table shows the causes of and age at death during the calender year 1962:- Table 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 opp.)
		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 opp.)

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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 4wks.	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	11	Ill	IV	V	Total	1	11	III	IV	V	Total

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Table 5 Grouped deaths in social class

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

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Table 6

		Social classification					Total	Not classifiable
		I	11	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	Deaths from			Total heart and circulation (all ages)	Age group 45-65		Total deaths in borough	Percentage
Year	Coronary diseases	Other heart diseases*	Other circulatory diseasesi	Total heart and circulation (all ages)	Total	Coronary diseases	Total deaths in borough	(e) of (h)	(f) of (h)	(g) of (h)
(o)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)	(f)	(g)	(h)	(i)	(J)	(k)

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Lung cancer Table 9

Year	MALE			FEMALE
Year	All cancer deaths	Lung cancer deaths	(c)as 0/ of(b)	All cancer deaths	Lung cancer deaths	(f)as % of(e)
(°)	(b)	(C)	(d)	(e)	(f)	(g)

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The figures are the annual death rates per million children living in this country.

Cause	1931/35	1956/60

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General statistics from 1901 Table 10

Year	Population	Death rate 0	% 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 (all forms)
Year	Population	Death rate 0	% 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. roteff	Death roteff	% 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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Details of the work carried out during the year are as follows :—

	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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Statistics are as under:— Table 13

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

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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	8 act.	Variation of chlorine (p.p.m.)

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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 37°C.		Coliform count		Plate counts (average per ml.) Colonies counted on agar 37°C.		Coliform count
		Percentage samples neg. 100 ml.				Percentage samples neg. 100 ml.
(20-24 hrs.)	22°C. (3 days)	Coliform	E. Coli	(20-24 hrs.)	22°C. (3 days)	Coliform	E. Coli

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Table 20

Accidents	Quarter of year				Total
Accidents	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1962	1961

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During 1962 two more areas were made the subject ot bmoke Control Orders and particulars with regard to these are as follows:—

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Table 21

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

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Atmospheric Condition in 1962 Table 22

		January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	Average or actual (as applic.)

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Activities at the Saville increased during the year and at the end of the year the following was the timetable of activities as far as old people were concerned, this being in addition to the work at the meals-on-wheels kitchen which is administered by the Lewisham Old People's Welfare Association and which during the year produced 20,338 meals, 9,820 of which were taken up by the luncheon club at the Saville itself.

	Morning	Midday	Afternoon

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Table 23

	W	N	S	Total

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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA The following table gives a summary of the inspections, etc., carried out by the public health inspectors during the year 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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Repairs carried out Table 26

Repairs	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	Found	Remedied	Referred		Prosecutions instituted
Defects	Found	Remedied	To HM Inspector	By HM Inspector	Prosecutions instituted

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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 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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Rent Act 1957 The following table shows the applications for certificates of disrepair dealt with during the year 1962, and for the whole period.

Table 32	1962	1957-62

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Table 33

Period	Samples	Average composition of samples examined Percentage of
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

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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— continued

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Table 37— continued

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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 1962 with comparative figures for the previous six years. Table 39

Diseases	Cases notified
Diseases	1962	1961	1960	1959	1958	1957	1956

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Notifications of infectious diseases in 1962 showing sex and age groups Table 40

Diseases	Under 1		1-		3-		5-		10-		15-		25-		45-		65 4-		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

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Table 43

Age periods	New cases notified						Deaths
	Respiratory		Non-Respiratory		Totais		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-	Tolol

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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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Tuberculosis — environmental conditions Case papers showing the environmental conditions of new patients attending the Lewisham Chest Clinic in 1962 have been analysed in 146 cases with the following results :— Table 46

	Cases	%*

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(1) Food poisoning cases Table 47

	Notifications (corrected)	Cases otherwise ascertained	Symptomless excreters	Fatal cases

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(2) Single cases

	Notified	Otherwise ascertained	Total cases

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Table 48

Patients	Men	Women	Total

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I am indebted to the Divisional Medical Officer of the London County Council for the information on which the following table is based:— Immunisation against diphtheria ; whooping cough ; smallpox; poliomyelitis Table 49

Age at December 31, 1962	Under	1	2	3	⁴	5-9	10-14	Total under 15
In in year	1962	1961	I960	1959	1958	1953-57	1948-52	Total under 15

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APPENDIX B Legal Proceedings, 1962 The following are details of legal proceedings during the year:—

Nature of summons	No.	Total fines		Total costs		Remarks

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The persons per room varied from 0.60 (Culverley) to 0.87 (Bellingham) and the percentage of persons living more than 1½ per room varied from 2.0 (St. Andrew's) to 9-9 (Grove Park), the average for the whole borough being 5 .9 (8 . 3). Details follow:

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Ages and marital condition These statistics are grouped into five-year periods and are as overleaf:

Age last birth-day	Persons	Male					Female
Age last birth-day	Persons	Total	Single	Married	W'd'wed	D'd	Total	Single	Married	W'd'wed	D'v'd

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With regard to persons under the age of 21, there were 32,678 (31,533) males and 32,466 (32,288) females in Lewisham. The distribution in the various ages was as follows:

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Dwellings, rooms and households In Lewisham there were 65,046 structurally separate dwellings occupied and 884 additional ones vacant making 65,930 (59,336) structurally separate dwellings in all, including three caravans. The 65,930 structurally separate dwellings housed 73,935 private households numbering 217, 625 persons in 315,512 rooms as follows :

Households occupying the following rooms (1)	Total private households therein (2)	No. of households sharing dwelling (3)	Col. 3 Households without exclusive use of both stove and sink (4)

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Dwellings by tenure Of the total of 73,421 "household spaces" the distribution was as follows:

	Number	Percentage
	Number	Lew.	All Lond.

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Of the 72,922 occupying households (of the total 73,935 households) the distribution of private households by numbers of persons per room was as under :

Persons per room	Numbers	Percentages	Those sharing (numbers)	Those sharing and not having exclusive use of both stove and sink (numbers)

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Comparative statistics for the year 1962 Table 1

Causes of death at different periods of life during the year 1962 The following table shows the causes of and age at death during the calender year 1962:- Table 2

Causes of death at different periods of life during the year 1962 The following table shows the causes of and age at death during the calender year 1962:- Table 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

The figures are the annual death rates per million children living in this country.

General statistics from 1901 Table 10

Table 10 —continued

Details of the work carried out during the year are as follows :—

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

Scabies Table 12—continued

Statistics are as under:— Table 13

Table 14

Table 15

Table 16

Table 17

Table 18

(b) BACTERIOLOGICAL Table 19

Table 20

During 1962 two more areas were made the subject ot bmoke Control Orders and particulars with regard to these are as follows:—

Table 21

Atmospheric Condition in 1962 Table 22

Table 23

SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA The following table gives a summary of the inspections, etc., carried out by the public health inspectors during the year Table 24

Summary of notices served Table 25

Repairs carried out 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 31 HOUSES IN CLEARANCE AREAS AND UNFIT HOUSES ELSEWHERE

Rent Act 1957 The following table shows the applications for certificates of disrepair dealt with during the year 1962, and for the whole period.

Table 33

Table 34

Table 35

Samples analysed Table 36

Non-genuine samples Table 37

Table 37— continued

Table 37— continued

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

Number of Notified Cases (corrected for revised diagnosis) during the year 1962 with comparative figures for the previous six years. Table 39

Notifications of infectious diseases in 1962 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

Tuberculosis — environmental conditions Case papers showing the environmental conditions of new patients attending the Lewisham Chest Clinic in 1962 have been analysed in 146 cases with the following results :— Table 46

(1) Food poisoning cases Table 47

(2) Single cases

Table 48

I am indebted to the Divisional Medical Officer of the London County Council for the information on which the following table is based:— Immunisation against diphtheria ; whooping cough ; smallpox; poliomyelitis Table 49

APPENDIX B Legal Proceedings, 1962 The following are details of legal proceedings during the year:—

The persons per room varied from 0.60 (Culverley) to 0.87 (Bellingham) and the percentage of persons living more than 1½ per room varied from 2.0 (St. Andrew's) to 9-9 (Grove Park), the average for the whole borough being 5 .9 (8 . 3). Details follow:

Ages and marital condition These statistics are grouped into five-year periods and are as overleaf:

With regard to persons under the age of 21, there were 32,678 (31,533) males and 32,466 (32,288) females in Lewisham. The distribution in the various ages was as follows:

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Dwellings by tenure Of the total of 73,421 "household spaces" the distribution was as follows:

Of the 72,922 occupying households (of the total 73,935 households) the distribution of private households by numbers of persons per room was as under :