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Lewisham 1965

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

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The following table, based on returns made to the Ministry of Health, shows the
number of immigrants that have been notified to the department during 1965, and
the number of successful visits made. Unsuccessful visits occur where the immigrant
has moved out of the borough and has left no forwarding address. Towards the
end of the year, however, much greater success was achieved in tracing transitory
immigrants, as the landlords of temporary accommodation had been persuaded
to keep records and inform us of the immigrants' whereabouts.

Table 65

CountryNumber of ImmigrantsNumber of first successful visits
(a) Commonwealth Countries Carribean527328
India4217
Pakistan77
Other Asian186
Africa8154
Other2011
(b) Non-Commonealth Countries
European2813
Other85
TOTALS731441