Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Code Nos. | Group | Male | Female | |||||||||||
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I | II | III IV | V | Total | I | II | III IV | V | Total | |||||
10-15 | Cancers | No. | 10 | 52 | 193 | 102 | 59 | 417 | 7 | 37 | 150 | 63 | 43 | 300 |
2 | 13 | 46 | 25 | 14 | 100 | 12 | 50 | 21 | 15 | 100 | ||||
17-21 | Heart and circulation | No. | 23 | 102 | 381 | 177 | 119 | 802 | 17 | 81 | 345 | 175 | 119 | 737 |
% | 3 | 13 | 47 | 22 | 15 | 100 | 2 | 11 | 47 | 24 | 16 | 100 | ||
22-25 | Lung, not TB or cancer | No | 7 | 28 | 1 57 | 87 | 75 | 354 | 4 | 11 | 100 | S7 | 32 | 204 |
% | 2 | 8 | 44 | 25 | 21 | 100 | 2 | 5 | 49 | 28 | 16 | 100 | ||
33,34 | Accidents | No. | 1 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 50 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 30 |
% | 2 | 6 | 42 | 24 | 26 | 100 | 7 | 13 | 47 | 30 | 3 | 100 | ||
35 | Suicides | No. | 1 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | ||
% | 4 | 21 | 42 | 12 | 21 | 100 | 18 | 46 | 27 | 9 | 100 |
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 three offices, "Lewisham," "Downham," and "Deptford," and a fair
representation of the trend of sickness within the borough can be given by quoting
the combined figures for these three.
1964 | 1965 | |
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January 26 | 1,624 | 1,814 |
February 23 | 1,297 | 1,286 |
March 23 | 1,195 | 1,549 |
April 20 | 1,058 | 1,511 |
May 18 | 857 | 1,167 |
June 15 | 852 | 866 |
July 13 | 825 | 853 |
August 10 | 702 | 812 |
September 7 | 780 | 760 |
October 5 | 945 | 1,031 |
November 2 | 1.290 | 1,178 |
November 30 | 1,301 | 1.207 |
December 28 | 1,064 | 1,163 |
Weekly average for the year 1964 | 1,043 | |
1965 | 1,171 |