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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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Physically Handicapped — Primary Disabilities
| DISABILITY | SEX | AGE GROUPS (in years) | TOTALS | GRAND TOTALS | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 0-10 1 | 11-20 | 21-30 | 31-40 | 41-50 | | 51-60 | 61-64 | 65-70 | 71-80 | 81-90 | 90 & over | | Males | Females | |||
| Amputation | M | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 2 | J | 42 | _ | 63 |
| F | - | - | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | — | - | 21 | ||
| Rheumatism | M | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 43 | - | 290 |
| F | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 41 | 29 | 82 | 53 | 3 | — | 247 | ||
| Deformities, etc. | M | - | 2 | 1 | - | — | _ | I | 3 | — | _ | - | 7 | 20 | |
| F | - | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 13 | ||
| Systemic Diseases | M | - | 1 | - | - | - | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | - | 20 | 49 | |
| F | - | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | - | 29 | |||
| Injuries and Diseases | M | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | - | - | 26 | 71 | |
| F | — | 3 | 3 | _ | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 45 | |||
| Organic Nervous Diseases | M | 1 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 31 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 142 | 312 | |
| F | 2 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 7 | 32 | 30 | 6 | 2 | - | 170 | ||
| Neurosis | M | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 | 1 | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 5 | 14 | |
| F | _ | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | _ | _ | — | 9 | ||
| Tuberculosis | M | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | |
| F | — | - | — | - | - | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | ||
| Other | M | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 76 | |
| F | - | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 50 | |||
| Totals | M | 4 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 40 | 61 | 37 | 43 | 54 | 25 | 4 | 315 | ||
| F | 3 | 26 | 18 | 31 | 44 | 83 | 71 | 77 | 151 | 71 | 9 | 584 | |||
| Grand Totals | 7 | 42 | 32 | 48 | 84 | 144 | 108 | 120 | 205 | 96 | 13 | 899 | |||
(i) Analysis of 'Rheumatism' Group
| DISABILITY | sex | AGE GROUPS (in years) | TOTALS | GRAND TOTALS | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-10 | | 11-20 | | 21-30 | | 31-40 | 41-50 | | 51-60 | 61-64 | 65-70 | 71-80 | 81-90 | 90 & over | Males | Females | |||
| Arthritis | M | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | ] | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 145 | |
| F | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 14 | 47 | 79 | 2 | 127 | |||
| Rheumatoid Arthritis | M | _ | _ | 1 | - | - | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 14 | 84 | |
| F | 1 | _ | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 73 | 7 | 1 | 70 | ||||
| Osteo- Arthritis | M | - | - | _ | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 6 | - | _ | 11 | 61 | |
| - | 1 | ~ | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 17 | - | 50 | ||||
| Totals | M | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 43 | ||
| F | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 41 | 29 | 82 | 53 | 3 | 247 | |||
| Grand Totals | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 49 | 34 | 94 | 59 | 4 | 290 | |||