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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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Physically Handicapped Register at 31.12.67 Primary Disabilities
| DISABILITY | SEX | AGE GROUPS (in year) | 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 | ||||
| Amputation | M | _ | _ | 3 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | _ | 64 | 26 | 90 | |
| F | — | — | _ | _ | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | — | |||||
| Rheumatism | M | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 9 | _ | 52 | 288 | 340 | |
| F | _ | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 18 | 39 | 111 | 61 | 7 | |||||
| Deformities, etc. | M | _ | _ | 4 | _ | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | _ | _ | 24 | 27 | 51 | |
| F | _ | 3 | 4 | 1 | _ | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | _ | _ | |||||
| Systemic Diseases | M | 1 | _ | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 6 | _ | 41 | 39 | 80 | |
| F | — | — | 5 | — | 4 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 | — | |||||
| Injuries and diseases | M | _ | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | _ | 36 | 55 | 91 | |
| F | _ | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 4 | _ | |||||
| Organic Nervous Diseases | M | 2 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 36 | 29 | 24 | 25 | 2 | 3 | _ | 173 | 197 | 370 | |
| F | 2 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 44 | 35 | 22 | 27 | 2 | _ | |||||
| Neurosis | M | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | 3 | _ | _ | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
| F | _ | _ | 1 | _ | 2 | 1 | 1 | _ | 3 | _ | _ | |||||
| Tuberculosis | M | _ | _ | 1 | _ | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | 10 | 2 | 12 | |
| F | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | ||||
| Other | M | _ | _ | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | _ | 21 | 54 | 75 | |
| F | _ | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | _ | |||||
| Totals | M | 3 | 19 | 38 | 28 | 59 | 72 | 53 | 71 | 55 | 30 | _ | 428 | 696 | ||
| F | 2 | 21 | 36 | 25 | 49 | 120 | 72 | 94 | 184 | 86 | 7 | |||||
| Grand Totals | 5 | 40 | 74 | 53 | 108 | 192 | 125 | 165 | 239 | 116 | 7 | 1124 | ||||
(i) Analysis of "Rheumatism" Group
| DISABILITY | SEX | AGE GROUPS (in year) | 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 | _ | _ | _ | 2 | 1 | | | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | _ | 21 | 152 | |
| F | _ | 1 | | | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 53 | 31 | 4 | 131 | |||
| Rheumatoid Arthritis | M | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 123 | ||
| F | _ | 1 | _ | 3 | 21 | 8 | 16 | 44 | 7 | 2 | 105 | ||||
| Osteo-Arthritis | M | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | _ | 13 | 65 | |
| F | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 1 | 52 | |||
| Totals | M | _ | _ | _ | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 52 | |||
| F | _ | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 18 | 39 | 111 | 61 | 7 | 288 | |||
| Grand Totals | _ | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 28 | 49 | 124 | 70 | 7 | 340 | |||