Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Havering]
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TABLE 29
Handicap | No. of Persons on Register at 31.12.67 | No. of persons whose names were added to the register during year ended 31.12.67 |
---|---|---|
Deaf with Speech | 38 | 6 |
Deaf without Speech | 60 | 3 |
Hard of Hearing | 38 | 5 |
General Classes of the Physically Handicapped | 1,058 | 3 06 |
Total | 1,194 | 320 |
The age groups of the persons on the register, together with
an analysis of those in the general classes register are set out
in Table 28.
TABLE 30
Sex | AGE GROUPS | Total | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0-1 | 2-4 | 5-15 | 16-20 | 21-49 | 50-64 | 65 + | ||
M | - | 2 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 17 | 71 | 123 |
F | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 35 | 160 | 217 |
Total | - | 4 | 6 | 3 | 44 | 52 | 231 | 340 |
During the year 49 persons were added to the Register of
Blind Persons, as shown below:—
TABLE 31
Sex | AGE GROUPS | Total | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0-1 | 2-4 | 5-15 | 16-20 | 21-4 9 | 50-64 | 65 + | ||
M | - | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | 12 | 17 |
F | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 23 | 32 |
Total | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 11 | 35 | 49 |