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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
West Ham 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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TABLE II.
Age at which onset of Blindness occurred.
| Total cases on Register | New | Cases Registered | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 1st | to Dec. | 31st, 1954. | ||||
| M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | |
| 0 | 28 | 17 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - |
| 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 - 10 | 6 | 14 | 20 | - | 3 | 3 |
| 11 - 15 | 6 | 6 | 12 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 16 - 20 | 10 | 5 | 15 | - | - | - |
| 21 - 30 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 2 | - | 2 |
| 31 - 39 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 3 | - | 3 |
| 4-0-4-9 | 24 | 34 | 58 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 50-59 | 28 | 31 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 16 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 65 - 69 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 0 and over | 21 | 64 | 85 | 9 | 19 | 28 |
| Unknown | 10 | 14 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| TOTALS: | 185 | 249 | 434 | 23 | 38 | 61 |
TABLE III.
Distribution of Local Blind Persons.
| I. | Children, age under 16. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | TOTAL | M. | F. | TOTAL | ||
| Under 2 at home | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Age 2-4 Educable. Attending School | 1. | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| 1 | - | 1 | |||||
| Age 5-15 Educable. Attending School | - | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Not at School | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Ineducable. | |||||||
| In Mental Deficiency Inst. | - | 2 | 2 | ||||
| At Home | - | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1 | 7 | ||||||
| 2 | 9 | ||||||