London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Lewisham 1970

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

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LUNG CANCER
Health Education was continued with the object of discouraging cigarette smoking,
but it is an uphill battle which will go on without let-up until lung cancer ceases
to be of any significance as a cause of death.

Table 3LUNG CANCER

YearMALEFEMALE
All cancer deathsLung cancer deaths(c)as % of (b)All cancer deathsLung cancer deaths(f)as % of(e)
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)
196041218946323227
196137315742276197
196240818646286248
196335116346296279
1964422201483043411
1965428204483133110
1966403169423083612
1967435196453284213
1968390171443014314
1969414194473424714
1970417194473645415

LOCAL SICKNESS
The Regional Controller of the Department of Health and Social Security 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 of these three.

Table 4

MORBIDITY SHOWN IN INSURANCE CERTIFICATES

Weekly average for period ending19691970
January 271,8772,336
February 241,7851,097
March 241,6241,139
April 211,0361,001
May 19929924
June 16904790
July 14863665
August 11807743
September 8831699
October 6997869
November 31,0211,013
December 11,065952
December 291,845738

Weekly average for the year 1969 1,199
„ „ „ „ „ 1970 997
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