London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Havering 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Havering]
This page requires JavaScript
Partially Sighted
At 31st December, 1966, 112 persons were registered as
partially sighted, an increase of 15 since the same date in 1965.
Details of the age groups of those on the Register are given in
the following table.
TABLE - 36
Number of Partially Sighted Persons on Register as at 31.12.66.
| Sex | AGE GROUPS | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-1 | 2-4 | 5-15 | 16-20 | 21-49 | 50-64 | 65* | ||
| — | — | — | ||||||
| — | ||||||||
| — | 1 | |||||||
New Registrations during the year are shown in Table 37 below: —
TABLE - 37
Persons Newly Registered as Partially Sighted during the year
| Sex | AGE GROUPS | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-1 | 2-4 | 5-15 | 16-20 | 21-49 | 50-64 | 65* | ||
| — | — | — | — | |||||
| — | — | — | ||||||
| — | — | — | ||||||
Included amongst those removed from the Register were six
persons admitted to the Blind Register, and 3 who were decertified
due to improved visual acuity. 52 of the 112 persons on the
Register were near or prospectively blind. Seven of these were in
employment, and the remaining 45 were not available for, or
incapable of work, 41 being over 65 years of age.
Details of the other 60 persons on the register are as follows: —
57 '