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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
Greenwich 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSONS Register (as at 31st December, 1965)
| AGE GROUP | Number Registered 31.12.65 | Newly Registered | Removals from Register during year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admitted to Blind Register | Decertified- Improved Visual Acuity | |||||||||
| M | F | Total | M | F | Total | M | F | M | F | |
| 2-4 years | 1 | 1 | 2 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| 5-15 years | 1 | 1 | 2 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| 16-20 years | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | _ | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 21-49 years | 17 | 17 | 34 | 3 | 5 | _ | 1 | — | ||
| 50-64 years | 9 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | - | i |
| 65 and over | 34 | 112 | 146 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 1 | 7 | - | - |
| TOTALS | 64 | 149 | 213 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 1 | 9 | - | 1 |
Training and Employment
| AGE GROUPS | Employed | Unemployed and not under Training | TOTAL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Available and capable of Trg or Work | Not available for Work | ||||||
| m | f | m | f | m | f | ||
| (i) Persons near or Prospectively Blind (16 years and over) | |||||||
| 16-20 years | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 |
| 21-49 years | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 4 | 7 |
| 50-64 years | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 8 | 12 |
| 65 and over | - | - | - | - | 23 | 80 | 103 |
| TOTALS | 3 | 2 | " | - | 26 | 92 | 123 |
| (ii) Persons mainly Industrially Handicapped (16 years and over) | |||||||
| 16-20 years | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 21-49 years | 14 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 4 | 25 |
| 50-64 years | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 65 and over | - | - | - | - | 6 | 25 | 31 |
| TOTALS | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 36 | 72 |