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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
Havering 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Havering]
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31st December, 1969
| Handicap | under 16 | 16-29 | 30-49 | 50-64 | 65 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaf with Speech | 2 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 37 |
| Deaf without Speech | 2 | 13 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 58 |
| Hard of Hearing | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 37 |
| General Classes (1) Amputation | _ | 5 | 13 | 16 | 34 | |
| (2) Arthritis or Rheumatism | - | 4 | 17 | 71 | 284 | 376 |
| (3) Congenital Malformation or Deformity | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| (4) Diseases of Digestive and genito-urinary systems, of the heart or circulatory system (other that Tuberculosis of the skin) | - | 6 | 8 | 38 | 92 | 144 |
| (5) Injuries of the head, face, neck, thorax, abdomen, pelvis or trunk Injuries or diseases (other than Tuberculosis) of the upper and lower limbs and of the spine. | - | 12 | 15 | 22 | 35 | 135 |
| (6) Organic nervous diseases — epilepsy, disseminated sclerosis, poliomyelitis, hemiplegia, sciatica, etc. | 13 | 54 | 84 | 92 | 65 | 308 |
| (7) Neurosis, psychosis, and other nervous and mental diseases not included in 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
| (8) Tuberculosis (Respiratory) | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| (9) Tuberculosis (Non-respiratory) | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 3 |
| (10) Diseases and injuries not specified above | 2 | - | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| TOTALS | 37 | 107 | 184 | 284 | 559 | 1171 |