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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

Lambeth 1970

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]

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Table: Severely mentally handicapped children under the age of 5 on Observation/ Handicap Register — December 1970.

Severely mentally handicapped children under the age of 5 on Observation/ Handicap Register — December 1970.

Date19701969196819671966Total
Boys3811131550
Girls269121140
Both Sexes51420252690

Table: OBSERVATION/HANDICAP REGISTER - December 1970 Mongol Children - under the age of 5

OBSERVATION/HANDICAP REGISTER - December 1970 Mongol Children - under the age of 5

Date19701969196819671966Total
Boys1326416
Girls1456521
Both Sexes27712937

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One Mongol boy is of average intelligence and, therefore, is not included in the
table.

Table: MEAN AGE OF PARENTS OF MONGOL CHILDREN AT THE BIRTH OF A MONGOL CHILD

MEAN AGE OF PARENTS OF MONGOL CHILDREN AT THE BIRTH OF A MONGOL CHILD

Mongol boysMongol girls
Father 34.3 Mother 34Father 37.4 Mother 37European
Father 51.3 Mother 43.6Father 43.6 Mother 41.6Jamaican

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This sex/parental age ratio may not be significant owing to small numbers
involved, but certainly is of some interest.