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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 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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Partially Sighted Persons
Register (as at 31st December, 1969)
| AGE GROUP | Number Registered 31.12.69 | 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 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5-15 years | 2 | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 16-20 years | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – |
| 21-49 years | 19 | 16 | 35 | 3 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| 50-64 years | 8 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| 65 and over | 32 | 94 | 126 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 4 | – | – |
| TOTALS | 63 | 123 | 186 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 4 | 6 | – | – |
Training and Employment
(16 Years and Over)
| AGE GROUPS | Employed | Unemployed and not under Training | Training | TOTAL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Available and capable of 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 | 5 | 1 | 2 | – | – | 4 | – | 12 |
| 50-64 years | 2 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 5 |
| 65 and over | 1 | – | – | – | 14 | 54 | – | 69 |
| TOTALS | 8 | 3 | 2 | – | 15 | 58 | 1 | 87 |
| (ii) Persons mainly Industrially Handicapped | ||||||||
| 16-20 years | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21-49 years | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | – | 23 |
| 50-64 years | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | – | 13 |
| 65 and over | – | – | – | 1 | 12 | 36 | – | 49 |
| TOTALS | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 48 | – | 85 |