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Tower Hamlets 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]
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TABLE 6
| (i) | Observation Register (Children under 5 years) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. on Register on 1st January | 3,207 | ||
| No. added during year | 1,086 | 4,293 | |
| No. removed during year - died | 13 | ||
| - moved away | 410 | ||
| - no longer at risk | 532 | ||
| - transferred to ages | |||
| 5-21 Register | 46 | 1, 001 | |
| Total on Register at 31st December | 3,292 | ||
| No. of above total suffering from handicaps | 298 | ||
| Year of birth of those on Register at 31st December | |||
| 1969 857 | |||
| 1968 985 | |||
| 1967 871 | |||
| 1966 415 | |||
| 1965 164 | |||
| Total: 3,292 | |||
| (ii) | Observation Register (5-21 years) | ||
| Total on Register at 31st December | 2,457 | ||
| (iii) | Handicaps of children and young persons on Observation Register | ||
| 0-4 years | 5-21 years | ||
| Educationally subnormal | - | 841 | |
| Severely subnormal | - | 138 | |
| Physically handicapped | 196 | 509 | |
| Mentally retarded | 34 | - | |
| Maladjusted | - | 263 | |
| Blind (Registered) ) | - | 5 | |
| Visual defects ) | 6 | 80 | |
| Speech defects (requiring special or other school) | 15 | 21 | |
| Epileptic | 21 | 69 | |
| Deaf and partially hearing | 9 | 162 | |
| Delicate (including diabetic) | - | 140 | |
| Multiple handicaps | 17 | 229 | |
| Total: | 298 | 2,457 | |
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