London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
East Ham 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Physically and Mentally Defective.
Unemployable persons resident in Homes
| (a) Mentally Defective | (b) Physically Defective | (c) Deaf | Combinations of (a) and (b) | Combinations of (a) and (c) | Combinations of (b) and (c) | Combinations of (a), (b), (c) | Total | Deaf Mutes included in (c) | Homes for the Blind | Sunshine Homes | Mental HosDitals | Public Assistance Institutions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | 24 | 43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
| New Cases Registered (not Transfers from other Registers) during the year ended 31st March, 1946. Age Periods. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age Period 0—1 | Age Period 1—5 | Age Period 5—16 | Age Period 16—21 | Age Period 21—40 | Age Period 40—50 | Age Period 50—65 | Age Period 65—70 | Age Period | Age Unknown | Total of all Age Groups | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 6 | 5 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Cases Registered (not Transfers from other Registers) during the year ended 31st March, 1946. Ages at which Blindness occurred. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age Period 0—1 | Age Period 1—5 | Age Period 5—10 | Age Period 10—20 | Age Period 20—30 | Age Period 30— 40 | Age Period 40—50 | Age Period 50—60 | Age Period 60—70 | Age Period 70 and over | Age Period Unknown | Total of all Age Groups | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | L. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M | F. | T. | M | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 6 | 5 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Since 1939, the number of blind persons on the Register are shown below :—
| As at 31.3.40 | As at 31.3.41 | As at 31.3.42 | As at 31.3.43 | As at 31.3.44 | As at 31.3.45 | As at 31.3.46 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 224 | 223 | 222 | 235 | 230 | 225 | 213 |