London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Barking 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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KINGSLEY HALL ASSESSMENT CENTRE TABLE 4 - Duration of stay.
| Mental Retardation | 20 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 83 | |
| Spina Bifida | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 10 | |
| Hydrocephalus | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Other diseases of the C.N.S. | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Hearing Loss | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 9 | |
| Visual Loss | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 9 | |
| Speech disorders | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | |
| Emotional disturbance social problem | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 19 | |
| Congenital heart disease | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | |
| Cleft Palate | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Locomotor disorders | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | |
| TOTAL | Number | 47 | 37 | 56 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 182 |
| Per cent | 25.8 | 20.3 | 19.8 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 1.6 | 10.4 | 9.4 | 100 | |