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

Lewisham 1965

Published: 1966
Pages: 104
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VITAL STATISTICS
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Table 1 TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE AND AGE REGISTERED DURING 1965

Disease Sex All ages Under 4 wks. 4 wks under 1 year 1- 5- 15- 25- 35- 45- 55- 65- 75 & over
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Table 2 SOCIAL CLASS RELATED TO CAUSE OF DEATH

Code No. Cause of death Male Female
I II Ill IV V Total I II Ill IV V Total

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Table 3 HEART AND CIRCULATION MORTALITY

Year	Deaths from			Total heart & circulation (all ages)	Age group 45-65		Total - deaths in borough	Percentage
	Coronary diseases	Other heart diseases	Other circulatory diseases		Total	Coronary diseases		(e) of (h)	{f) of (h)	(g) of (h)
	Coronary diseases	Other heart diseases	Other circulatory diseases		Total	Coronary diseases		(i)	(j)	(k)
(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)	(f)	(,8)	(h)	(i)	(j)	(k)

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Table 4 LUNG CANCER

Year MALE FEMALE
All cancer deaths Lung cancer deaths (c)as % of (b) All cancer deaths Lung cancer deaths (f)as % of(e)
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g)
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Table 5 GROUPED DEATHS IN SOCIAL CLASS

Code Nos. Group Male Female
I II III IV V Total I II III IV V Total
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Table 6 MORBIDITY SHOWN IN INSURANCE CERTIFICATES

Weekly average for period ending 1964 1965

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Table 7 GENERAL STATISTICS FROM 1950

Year	Population	Death rate *	% dying under age 45	% dying under age 65	Birth rate *	Maternal Death rate †	Still-birth rate †	Infant mortality rate **	Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Year	Population	Death rate *	% dying under age 45	% dying under age 65	Birth rate *	Maternal Death rate †	Still-birth rate †	Infant mortality rate **	Notif. rate ††	Death rate † †

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Table 8
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Table 9
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Table 10
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Table 11

Equipment No. issued since 1.4.65 Total stock held On stock register No. on Loan at Present

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Table 12

	No. of persons examined	No. who commenced treatment	No. of courses of treatment completed	Scalings & gum treatments given	Fillings given	Silver Nitrate given	Extractions made

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Table 13
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Table 14 STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF ATTENDANCES

1965 1964
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Table 15 CLINIC ANALYSIS TOTALS

Clinic Total Sessions Total Appointments Booked Total Attendances Total Failures Average Percentage Failures
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Table 16 NEW CASES ATTENDANCES ANALYSIS

Age Group Amersham Road Louise House Sangley Road
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Table 17
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Table 18
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Table 19

Lewisham I.L.E.A.
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Table 20

LEWISHAM Total I.L.E.A.
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Table 20 — continued

Total I.L.E.A. LEWISHAM
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Table 21

LEWISHAM l.L.E.A.
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Table 21— continued

LEW1SHAM L.L.E.A.
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Table 22
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Table 22— continued

LEWISHAM I.L.E.A.
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Table 23 NON-ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS

Type of Inspection LEWISHAM I.L.E.A. Area

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Table 24

Number tested		Percentage of number tested																	c—Boys and Girls
Number tested		A—Not wearing glasses										b— Wea ring glasses							Percentage of number tested with and without glasses
			6/6		6/9		6/12 or worse		Noted for treatment		6/6		6/9		6/12 or worse		Noted for treatment		NotedJorTreatment	Noted for Observation	Total noted for treatmentor Observation
	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	NotedJorTreatment	Noted for Observation	Total noted for treatmentor Observation

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Table 25
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Table 26
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Table 27

Office At end of December, 1965
No. of households receiving service No. of home helps
Whole-time Part-time
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Table 28

Diseases Cases notified
1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959
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Table 29 NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN 1965 SHOWING SEX AND AGE GROUPS

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

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Table 30 FOOD POISONING CASES

Causative agent	GENERAL OUTBREAKS		FAMILY OUTBREAKS		SPORADIC CASES Notified or ascertained	TOTAL No. of outbreaks and sporadic cases columns (1 + 3+5)	TOTAL No. of cases columns (2+4+5)
	No. of separate outbreaks	No. of cases notified or ascertained	No. of separate outbreaks	No. of cases notified or ascertained

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DETAILS OF FOOD POISONING DUE TO SALMONELLAE OTHER THAN S.TYPHIMURIUM

Type of salmonella
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Table 31 TUBERCULOSIS NOTIFICATIONS AND DEATHS AT AGES

New cases notified Deaths
Age periods Respiratory NonRespiratory Totals Respiratory NonRespiratory Totals
M F M F M F M F M F M F
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Table 32

Patients Men Women Total

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Table 33

Cases of tuberculosis requiring treatment or close supervision							NOT PREVIOUSLY EXAMINED (included previous columns)
	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	NUMBERS Women	Total	Men	CASES Women	Total

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Table 34 IMMUNISATION AND VACCINATION Completed primary courses

Type of vaccine or dose Year of Birth Others under age 16 Total
1965 1964 1963 1962 1958/61
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Reinforcing doses

Type of vaccine or dose Year of birth Others under age 16 Total
1965 1964 1963 1962 1958-61
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Smallpox Vaccination

0-3 mths . 3-6 mths 6-9 mths' 9-12 mths 1 yr. 2-4 yrs. 5-15 yrs. Total
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Table 35

Specimens Number Remarks
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Table 36 SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS BY PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS

Reason for inspection TOTAL
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Table 36 — continued

Reason for inspection TOTAL
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Table 37 SUMMARY OF NOTICES SERVED

Intimation notices:
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Table 38 REPAIRS CARRIED OUT

Repairs Total
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Table 39 INSPECTIONS

Premises Number on register Inspections Number of Written notices Occupiers prosecuted
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Table 40 CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND

Defects No. of defects
Found Remedied Referred Prosecutions instituted
To HM Inspector By HM Inspector
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Table 41

Trade Out worker employed
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With reference to the special report of lighting standards as required by the Ministry of Labour L.A. Circular 9. Supplement No. 1, 127 visits were made under the Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act during the last three months of 1965, made up as follows: Table 42

October November December Total

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Table 43 REGISTRATIONS AND GENERAL INSPECTIONS

Class of premises	Number of premises registered during the year	Total number of registered premises at end of year	Number of registered premises receiving a general inspection during the year

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Table 44 PERSONS EMPLOYED IN REGISTERED PREMISES BY WORKPLACE

Class of work place Number of persons employed
(1) (2)
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Table 46
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Table 47

Type of Property
Local authority Dwelling houses (including council houses) All other (including business premises) Total Agricultural
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Table 48

Bath Number of tests Variation of chlorine (p.p.m.)
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Table 49

Area No. and name No. of dwellings Date of operation Area No. and Name No. of dwellings Date of operation
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Table 50 ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS IN 1965

January February March April May June July August September October November December Average or actual
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Table 51
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Table 52 HOUSES IN CLEARANCE AREAS AND UNFIT HOUSES ELSEWHERE
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Table 52— continued
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Table 53

Period Samples Average composition of samples examined Percentage of
Milk fat Solids not fat Total solids
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Table 54

Samples Average percentage composition
Fat Total solids-not fat Water
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Table 55

Samples submitted %
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Table 56 Samples analysed

Articles Examined Adulterated
Formal Informal Total Formal Informal Total
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Table 57 Non-genuine samples

Article Formal or Informal Adulteration or irregularity Action taken
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Table 57— continued

Article Formal or Informal Adulteration or irregularity Action taken
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Table 58

Type of premises Number of premises Number provided with wash-hand basins Number with facilities for washing food and equipment
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Table 59

Type 1965 Total
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Table 60

Country of origin Tonnage imported Amount unfit and remarks
(tons)

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Table 62 Bacteriological Results—Yearly Averages, 1965 of water supplied to the Borough of Lewisham

Source of supply	BEFORE TREATMENT								AFTER TREATMENT
	Number of samples	Agar plate count per ml.		Coliform count		Escherichia coli count			Agar plate count per. ml.		Coli-form count	E.coli count
	Number of samples	20-24 hours at 37°C	3 days at 22 °C.	Per cent. samples negative in 100 ml.	Count per 100 ml.	Per cent. samples negative in 100 ml.	Count per 100 ml.	Number of samples	20-24 hours at 37°C.	3 days at 22°C.	Per cent. samples negative in 100 ml.	Per cent. samples negative in 100 ml.

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Table 63

Lewisham Mortuary Deptford Mortuary Total
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Table 64

Cemetery No. of burials
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Table 65

Country Number of Immigrants Number of first successful visits
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31.12.64 31.12.65

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

Office	At end of December, 1965
	No. of households receiving service	No. of home helps
	No. of households receiving service	Whole-time	Part-time

New cases notified							Deaths
Age periods	Respiratory		NonRespiratory		Totals		Respiratory		NonRespiratory		Totals
Age periods	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F

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

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VITAL STATISTICS

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Table 1 TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE AND AGE REGISTERED DURING 1965

Table 2 SOCIAL CLASS RELATED TO CAUSE OF DEATH

Table 3 HEART AND CIRCULATION MORTALITY

Table 4 LUNG CANCER

Table 5 GROUPED DEATHS IN SOCIAL CLASS

Table 6 MORBIDITY SHOWN IN INSURANCE CERTIFICATES

Table 7 GENERAL STATISTICS FROM 1950

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Table 14 STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF ATTENDANCES

Table 15 CLINIC ANALYSIS TOTALS

Table 16 NEW CASES ATTENDANCES ANALYSIS

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Table 21— continued

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Table 23 NON-ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS

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Table 29 NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN 1965 SHOWING SEX AND AGE GROUPS

Table 30 FOOD POISONING CASES

DETAILS OF FOOD POISONING DUE TO SALMONELLAE OTHER THAN S.TYPHIMURIUM

Table 31 TUBERCULOSIS NOTIFICATIONS AND DEATHS AT AGES

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Table 34 IMMUNISATION AND VACCINATION Completed primary courses

Reinforcing doses

Smallpox Vaccination

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Table 36 SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS BY PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS

Table 36 — continued

Table 37 SUMMARY OF NOTICES SERVED

Table 38 REPAIRS CARRIED OUT

Table 39 INSPECTIONS

Table 40 CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND

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With reference to the special report of lighting standards as required by the Ministry of Labour L.A. Circular 9. Supplement No. 1, 127 visits were made under the Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act during the last three months of 1965, made up as follows: Table 42

Table 43 REGISTRATIONS AND GENERAL INSPECTIONS

Table 44 PERSONS EMPLOYED IN REGISTERED PREMISES BY WORKPLACE

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Table 50 ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS IN 1965

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Table 52 HOUSES IN CLEARANCE AREAS AND UNFIT HOUSES ELSEWHERE

Table 52— continued

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Table 56 Samples analysed

Table 57 Non-genuine samples

Table 57— continued

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Table 62 Bacteriological Results—Yearly Averages, 1965 of water supplied to the Borough of Lewisham

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