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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
Hammersmith 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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NUMBER OF HANDICAPPED PERSONS ON 31st.DECEMBER 1969 TABLE 7 - TOTAL NUMBERS ON HANDICAPPED PERSONS' REGISTERS
| Age | Sex | Number of persons on register at 31st. December, 1969 | Number of persons whose names were added to the register during the year ended 31st. December, 1969 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaf with speech | Deaf without speech | Hard of hearing | General classes | Total | Deaf with speech | Deaf without speach | Hard of hearing | General classes | Total | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | ||
| Under 16 | M | - | - | - | 13 | 13 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| F | - | 1 | - | 9 | 10 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| 16-29 | M | 4 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 32 | 1 | - | 5 | 6 | |
| F | 1 | 2 | - | 22 | 25 | - | - | 3 | 3 | ||
| 30-49 | M | 1 | 2 | - | 53 | 56 | - | - | - | 12 | 12 |
| F | 1 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 58 | - | - | - | 11 | 11 | |
| 50-64 | M | 2 | _ | 2 | 147 | 151 | _ | - | 1 | 44 | 45 |
| F | 2 | 5 | 1 | 182 | 190 | - | 2 | - | 29 | 31 | |
| 65 or over | M | 6 | 1 | - | 149 | 156 | - | 1 | - | 40 | 41 |
| F | 9 | 5 | 6 | 319 | 339 | - | - | - | 51 | 51 | |
| Total | 26 | 19 | 11 | 974 | 1030 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 198 | 203 | |
TABLE 8 -ANALYSIS OF PERSONS ON GENERAL CLASSES REGISTER BY AGE 4 HANDICAPS
| Major handicaps | Age Under 16 | Age 16-29 | Age 30-49 | Age 50-64 | Age 55 or over | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | ||
| 1. | Amputation | 1 | - | 10 | 23 | 54 | 88 |
| 2. | Arthritis or rheumatism | - | 2 | 2 | 65 | 208 | 277 |
| 3. | Congenital malformations or deformities | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| 4. | Diseases of the digestive and genito-urinary systems, of the heart or circulatory system, of the respiratory system (other than tuberculosis) or of the skin | 1 | 3 | 9 | 45 | 61 | 119 |
| 5. | Injuries of the head, face, neck, thorax, abdomen, pelvis, or trunk. Injuries or diseases (other than tuberculosis) of the upper and lower limbs and of the spine | 5 | 6 | 13 | 37 | 35 | 96 |
| 6. | Organic nervous diseases - epilepsy, disseminated sclerosis, poliomyelitis, hemiplegia, sciatica, etc. | 9 | 30 | 64 | 121 | 83 | 307 |
| 7. | Neuroses, psychoses, and other nervous and mental disorders not included in line 6 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 8. | Tuberculosis (respiratory) | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 |
| 9. | Tuberculosis (non-respiratory) | - | - | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 10. | Diseases and injuries not specified above | 2 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 48 |
| 11. | Total | 22 | 47 | 108 | 329 | 468 | 974 |
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