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Tower Hamlets 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]
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TABLE 6
| (i) Observation Register (Children under 5) | |||
| No. on Register at 1st January, 1967 | 1, 930 | ||
| No. added during year | 1,634 | 3, 564 | |
| No. removed during year - died | 19 | ||
| - moved away | 299 | ||
| - no longer at risk | 467 | ||
| -transferred to ages 5-21 Register | 66 | 851 | |
| Total on Register at 31st December, 1967 | 2,713 | ||
| No. of above total suffering from handicaps | 344 | ||
| Year of Birth of those on Register at 31st December, 1967 | |||
| 1967 | 1,102 | ||
| 1966 | 971 | ||
| 1965 | 380 | ||
| 1964 | 156 | ||
| 1963 | 104 | ||
| Total: | 2,713 | ||
| (ii) Observation Register (5-21 years) | |||
| Total.on Register at 31st December, 1967 | 2, 123 | ||
| (iii) Handicaps of children and young persons on Observation Register | |||
| 0-4 years. | 5-21 years | ||
| Educationally subnormal | - | 788 | |
| Severely subnormal | - | 150 | |
| Physically handicapped | 203 | 422 | |
| Mentally retarded | 44 | - | |
| Maladjusted | - | 187 | |
| Blind (Registered) | 12 | 4 | |
| Visual defects | - | 73 | |
| Speech defects (requiring special or other school) | 18 | 30 | |
| Epileptic | 12 | 31 | |
| Deaf and partially hearing | 12 | 151 | |
| Delicate (including diabetic) | 3 | 93 | |
| Multiple handicaps | 40 | 194 | |
| Total: | 344 | 2,123 | |
In addition there are 331 children suffering from handicaps attending schools in the Borough,
but living outside the Borough.
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