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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 1964

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

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Table: Table 4Grouped deaths in social class

Table 4

Grouped deaths in social class

Code Nos.GroupMaleFemale
1IIIIIIVVTotal1IIIIIIVVTotal
10-15CancersNo.93618358413278271283932234
%311561812100311551714100
17-21Heart and circulationNo.746629511664565308331087A3573
%412522111100515541511100
22-25Lung, not TB or cancerNo.3191194125207316683717141
%19582012100212482612100
33,34AccidentsNo.272013446-3155528
%4544289100—11531818100
15SuicidesNo.-11032163-55114
%-663191210021-36367100

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Local sickness
The Regional Medical Officer of the Ministry of National Insurance
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
mainly by two offices, "Lewisham," and "Downham," and a fair representation
of the trend of sickness within the borough can be given
by quoting the combined figures for these two.

Table: Table 5Morbidity shown in insurance certificates

Table 5

Morbidity shown in insurance certificates

Weekly average for period ending"Lewisham & Downham"Weekly average for period ending"Lewisham & Downham"
January 281075August 11463
February 251153September 8509
March 24809October 6628
April 21698October 31881
May 19574December 1878
June 16555December 31608
July 14547
Weekly average for the year 1964722
„ „ 1963765