London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]
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TABLE I - ANALYSIS OF PERSONS ON THE GENERAL CLASSES REGISTER ACCORDING TO AGE AND HANDICAP
| Code | Major Handicaps | Age | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 16 | 16-29 | 30-49 | 50-64 | 65 and over | Total | ||
| A/E | Amputation | - | 2 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 38 |
| F | Arthritis or Rheumatism | - | 1 | 4 | 77 | 389 | 471 |
| G | Congenital malformations or deformities | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 24 |
| H/L | Diseases of the digestive and genito-urinary heart, circulatory and respiratory systems | - | 2 | 15 | 64 | 255 | 336 |
| Q/T | Injuries of head, face, neck, thorax abdomen, pelvis, trunk, limbs and spine | 3 | 3 | 13 | 32 | 141 | 192 |
| V | Organic nervous diseases, epilepsy poliomyelitis, multiple sclerosis etc. | 3 | 21 | 58 | 104 | 151 | 337 |
| U/W | Neuroses, psychose other than in *V* above | s | - | 2 | 1 | 22 | 25 |
| X&Y | Tuberculosis, respiratory and non-respiratory | - | - | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| Z | Diseases and injuries not specified | - | - | 5 | 14 | 62 | 81 |
| TOTAL | 9 (9) | 30 (30) | 106 (95) | 313 (273) | IO56 (945) | 1514 (1352) | |