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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

Kensington and Chelsea 1965

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]

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Table: Eye and Ear:

Eye and Ear:

Abnormalities of the External Ear2
Alimentary System:
Cleft Lip2
Cleft Palate2
Hiatus Hernia1
Oesophageal atresia1
Anal Atresia1
Heart:
Congenital Heart Disease1
Dextrocardia1
Urogenital System:
Hypospadias1
Defects of the external genitalia2
Hydrocele2
Limbs:
Talipes17
Reduction deformities3
Extra digits11
Webbing of fingers and toes2
Other skeletal defects:
Achondroplasia1
Other systems:
Naevi2
Defects of lip1
Umbilical hernia5
Mongolism1
Erb's Palsy1
Multiple Defects:2

Table: WELFARE OF THE BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED

WELFARE OF THE BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED

Number of examinations by Council's ophthalmologist74
Number of hospital certificates accepted38
Number of new cases registered blind40
Number of new cases registered partially sighted20
Re-examinations:
Number previously registered blind and now found to be partially sighted–
Number previously registered partially sighted and now found to be blind13