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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 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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REGISTERS OF HANDICAPPED PERSONS ON 31st DECEMBER 1970
TABLE 6
| Age Sex | Number of persons on register at 31st December 1970 | Number of persons whose names were added to the register during the year ended 31st December 1970 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaf with speech | Deaf without speech | Hard.of hearing | General classes | Total | Deaf with speech | Deaf without speech | Hard of hearing | General classes | Total | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | |||
| Under 16 | M | — | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| F | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 1629 | M | 3 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 39 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| F | 2 | 2 | 23 | 27 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| 3049 | M | 1 | 2 | 55 | 58 | 15 | 15 | |||||
| F | 1 | 1 | 1 | 64 | 67 | 11 | 11 | |||||
| 5064 | M | 2 | 1 | 3 | 165 | 171 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 46 | ||
| F | 2 | 4 | 189 | 195 | 37 | 37 | ||||||
| 65 or over | M | 6 | 2 | 164 | 172 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 30 | |||
| F | 9 | 7 | 7 | 321 | 344 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 39 | |||
| Total | 26 | 21 | 12 | 1029 | 1088 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 179 | 185 | ||
| Major handicaps | Age Under 16 | Age 1629 | Age 3049 | Age 5064 | Age 65 or over | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | ||
| 1. | Amputation | 1 | 10 | 25 | 52 | 88 | |
| 2. | Arthritis or rheumatism | 2 | 4 | 72 | 211 | 289 | |
| 3. | Congenital malformations or deformities | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| 4. | Diseases of the digestive and genitourinary systems, of the heart or circulatory system, of the respiratory system (other than tuberculosis) or of the skin | 1 | 1 | 8 | 56 | 63 | 129 |
| 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 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 39 | 103 |
| 6. | Organic nervous diseases epilepsy, disseminated sclerosis, poliomyelitis, hemiplegia, sciatica, etc. | 5 | 34 | 66 | 128 | 95 | 328 |
| 7. | Neuroses, psychoses, and other nervous and mental disorders not included in line 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| 8. | Tuberculosis (respiratory) | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 9. | Tuberculosis (nonrespiratory) | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 | ||
| 10. | Diseases and injuries not specified above | 1 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 54 |
| Total | 15 | 52 | 115 | 357 | 490 | 1029 | |
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