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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 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Havering]
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31st December. 1970
| Handicap | under 16 | 16-29 | 30-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaf with Speech | 2 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 36 |
| Deaf without Speech | 2 | 12 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 56 |
| Hard of Hearing | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 33 |
| General Classes (1) Amputation | - | - | 4 | 15 | 20 | 39 |
| (2) Arthritis or Rheumatism | - | 4 | 20 | 88 | 343 | 455 |
| (3) Congenital Malformation or Deformity | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| (4) Diseases of Digestive and genito-urinary systems, of the heart or circulatory system (other than Tuberculosis of the skin) | - | 6 | 6 | 39 | 109 | 160 |
| (5) Injuries of the head, face, neck, thorax, abdomen, pel\ or trunk. Injuries or disease (other than Tuberculosis) o: the upper and lower limbs and of the spine. | /is ?s 10 | 15 | 18 | 30 | 60 | 133 |
| (6) Organic nervous diseases epilepsy, disseminated sclerosis, poliomyelitis, hemiplegia, sciatica, etc. | 13 | 56 | 95 | 100 | 89 | 353 |
| (7) Neurosis, psychosis, and other nervous and mental diseases not included in 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| (8) Tuberculosis (Respiratory) | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| (9) Tuberculosis (Non-respirat | ory) - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 5 |
| (10) Diseases and injuries not specified above | 4 | - | 2 | 8 | 5 | 19 |
| TOTALS | 36 | Ill | 188 | 309 | 673 | 1317 |