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Kensington and Chelsea 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]
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Table II - New Registrations During 1970 - Analysis of Disabilities
| Disability | No. of Persons | Disability | No. of Persons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acromegaly | 1 | Hemiplegia | 25 |
| Amputation | 5 | Hernia | 4 |
| Anaemia | 3 | Hypertension | 8 |
| Angina | 1 | Multiple sclerosis | 3 |
| Arthritis | 106 | Neuritis | 3 |
| Asthma | 6 | Paraplegia | 1 |
| Bronchitis | 26 | Parkinsons disease | 6 |
| Cancer | 13 | Phlebitis | 1 |
| Cardiac condition | 51 | Poliomyelitis | 8 |
| Colostomy | 3 | Rheumatism | 5 |
| Deformed knee | 1 | Senility | 6 |
| Diabetes | 20 | Spinal deformity | 1 |
| Disseminated sclerosis | 1 | Spinal injury | 11 |
| Diverticulitis | 1 | Spasticity | 1 |
| Epilepsy | 4 | Stroke | 11 |
| Fractured femur | 16 | Thrombosis | 3 |
| Gangrene | 1 | Tuberculosis | 1 |
| Gigantism | 1 | Ulcers - leg | 9 |
| Gout | 1 | Ulcers - stomach | 3 |
| Varicose veins | 2 | ||
| TOTAL | 373 | ||
TRANSPORT
The Council has five vehicles (four coaches with hydraulic lifts
and one utilabus) for transporting handicapped persons between their
homes and social and rehabilitation centres. elderly persons to residential
accommodation and homeless families and unmarried mothers to temporary
accommodation. In addition. they are used for delivering aids and
gadgets to the blind and handicapped, for taking residents of welfare
homes on regular outings and on specially organised shopping trips,
and delivery of meals from St. George's Hall to Luncheon Clubs within
the Borough. During the Council's organised holidays they transported
the blind, handicapped and elderly to and from their homes to the
assembly points and in some cases direct to and from holiday homes. A
coach with a lift was stationed at the holiday camp in Kent to enable
the elderly and handicapped to be taken on outings to nearby shops and
church services.
Voluntary organisations are granted use of the transport for approved
purposes in the evenings and at weekends. They have availed themselves
of this service on over 520 occasions.
The toal mileage travelled in covering all these commitments
amounted to 57,000 (53,000) miles.