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Harrow 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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An outing was arranged during December when 41 members of the
handicraft class with guides visited the Palace Theatre, Shaftesbury
Avenue for the "Desert Song". Afterwards they had tea at Lyons Corner
House, Strand.
The Blind Handicraft Exhibition, 1967 organised by the Middlesex
Association for the Blind and open to all blind persons in the new London
Boroughs, resulted in 24 entries from Harrow with awards being receive
as follows: 5 first prizes, 6 second prizes, 2 third prizes and 6 commendations.
The Royal National Institute for the Blind continued to supply
wireless sets for the blind, the old mains sets gradually being replaced by
transistor battery radios and these were distributed as and when needed.
On 31st December, 1967, there were 440 persons on the register and
Table 1 is a summary of the changes which have taken place during the
period under review. Table II illustrates the occupations and accommodation
of those registered as blind or partially sighted; Tables III and
IV show the age at registration of blind or partially sighted cases. Table V
gives diagnostic details of those registered as either blind or partially
sighted.
TABLE I
| No. of cases transferred in | 4 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | + 21 |
| No. of new cases added | 20 | 29 | 49 | 10 | 10 | 20 | + 69 |
| No. of P/S transferred to Blind register* | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 9 | —9 |
| No. of cases transferred out | 8 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | —21 |
| No. of deaths | 16 | 21 | 37 | 2 | 4 | 6 | —43 |
| No. on register 31.12.66 | 131 | 226 | 357 | 30 | 53 | 83 | 440 |
*No. included in new cases.