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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 1972

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

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Table: TABLE 6OBSERVATION HANDICAP INDEX FOR 0-5 DECEMBER 1972Non-Mentally Handicapped Children (Under-Five Population: 21,560)

TABLE 6OBSERVATION HANDICAP INDEX FOR 0-5 DECEMBER 1972Non-Mentally Handicapped Children (Under-Five Population: 21,560)

HandicapsNo. of HandicapsRate per 1,000
Developmental Delay894.128
Convulsions (all types)693.200
Cerebral Palsy120.556
Spina Bifida60.278
Profound Hearing Loss120.556
Hearing Loss462.1
Blind40.18
Partially Blind60.278
Squint, with or without visual defect592.736
Speech Delay (normal hearing) ****823.803
Language Disorder70.324
Battered Babies311.4
Congenital heart malformation (under observation)401.8
Social deprivation (additional factor of physical--
handicap)622.8
Special education required in future* 884.08
Others (blood disorders, etc.)112-

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* as anticipated at present