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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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.
Year | MALE | FEMALE | ||||
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All cancer deaths | Lung cancer deaths | (c)as % of (b) | All cancer deaths | Lung cancer deaths | (f)as % of(e) | |
(c) | (e) | (g) | ||||
1960 | 412 | 189 | 46 | 323 | 22 | 7 |
1961 | 373 | 157 | 42 | 276 | 19 | 7 |
1962 | 408 | 186 | 46 | 286 | 24 | 8 |
1963 | 351 | 163 | 46 | 296 | 27 | 9 |
1964 | 422 | 201 | 48 | 304 | 34 | 11 |
1965 | 428 | 204 | 48 | 313 | 31 | 10 |
1966 | 403 | 169 | 42 | 308 | 36 | 12 |
1967 | 435 | 196 | 45 | 328 | 42 | 13 |
1968 | 390 | 171 | 44 | 301 | 43 | 14 |
1969 | 414 | 194 | 47 | 342 | 47 | 14 |
1970 | 417 | 194 | 47 | 364 | 54 | 15 |
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.
Weekly average for period ending | 1969 | 1970 |
---|---|---|
January 27 | 1,877 | 2,336 |
February 24 | 1,785 | 1,097 |
March 24 | 1,624 | 1,139 |
April 21 | 1,036 | 1,001 |
May 19 | 929 | 924 |
June 16 | 904 | 790 |
July 14 | 863 | 665 |
August 11 | 807 | 743 |
September 8 | 831 | 699 |
October 6 | 997 | 869 |
November 3 | 1,021 | 1,013 |
December 1 | 1,065 | 952 |
December 29 | 1,845 | 738 |
Weekly average for the year 1969 1,199
„ „ „ „ „ 1970 997
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