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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
Kingston upon Thames 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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TABLE II
Register of Handicapped Persons - General Classes (By causes and age groups)
| 0-15 | 16-29 | 30-49 | 50-64 | 65 and over | Total | Collective Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| A/E | - | - | 2 | - | 10 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 45 | 21 | 66 |
| F | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 21 | 103 | 34 | 145 | 179 |
| G | 45 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 55 | 49 | 104 |
| H/L | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 27 | 24 | 51 |
| Q/T | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 44 | 23 | 67 |
| V | 9 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 24 | 32 | 39 | 29 | 30 | 41 | 116 | 124 | 240 |
| U/W | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Z | 3 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | 12 | 8 | 17 | 25 |
| Totals | 64 | 50 | 25 | 27 | 54 | 53 | 102 | 81 | 85 | 194 | 330 | 405 | 735 |
Key:
A/E Amputation Q/T Injuries of the head, face,
F Arthritis and rheumatism neck thorax, abdomen,
G Congenital malformations pelvis or trunk.
and deformities Injuries or diseases (other
H/L Diseases of the digestive than tuberculosis) of the
and genito - urinary systems; upper and lower limbs and
of the heart or circulatory of the spine,
system; of the respiratory V Organic nervous diseases -
system (other than epilepsy, disseminated
tuberculosis) and of the skin. sclerosis, poliomyelitis,
sciatica etc.
U/W Neuroses, psychoses and
other nervous and mental
disorders not included in V.
Z Diseases and injuries not
specified above.