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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 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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partially sighted persons Register (as at 31st December, 1967)
| age group | Number Registered 31.12.67 | Newly Registered | Removals from Register during year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admitted to Blind Register | De-certified Improved Visual Acuity | |||||||||
| M | f | Total | m | f | Total | m | f | m | f | |
| 2-4 years | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| 5-15 years | 3 | 5 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | |
| 16-20 years | 1 | 1 | 2 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| 21-49 years | 21 | 19 | 40 | 2 | _ | 2 | _ | 1 | _ | _ |
| 50-64 years | 9 | 14 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 4 | _ | 1 | _ | _ |
| 65 and over | 33 | 111 | 144 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 7 | _ | 1 |
| TOTALS | 67 | 147 | 214 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 2 | 9 | _ | 1 |
Training and Employment (16 Years and Over)
| AGE GROUPS | Employed | Unemployed and not under Training | Training | TOTAL | ||||
| Available andcapableof Trg or Work | Not Available for Work | |||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | ||
| (i) Persons near or Prospectively Blind | ||||||||
| 16-20 years | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | |
| 21-49 years | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | _ | 11 |
| 50-64 years | 3 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 3 | _ | 10 |
| 65 and over | 2 | - | - | - | 15 | 68 | - | 85 |
| TOTALS | 11 | 4 | - | 16 | 75 | 1 | 107 | |
| (ii) Persons mainly Industrially Handicapped | ||||||||
| 16-20 years | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | ||||
| 21-49 years | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | _ | 28 |
| 50-64 years | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | _ | 12 |
| 65 and over | - | - | - | - | 11 | 39 | - | 50 |
| TOTALS | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 52 | 91 | |