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
Kingston upon Thames 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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| 11-15 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 16-20 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 21-29 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 50-59 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 40-49 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 50-59 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 60-64 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 65-69 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 70-74 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
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| 80-84 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 85-89 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 90+ | 1 | 5 | 6 |
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Social Rehabilitation
The main centres for social rehabilitation are situated at
Oldbury Grange, Bridgnorth; Manor House, Torquay:and America Lodge,
Torquay. These centres are administered by the Royal National
Institute for the Blind, and it may be found that after a short
period of social rehabilitation a blind or partially sighted person
is suitable for an industrial rehabilitation course. Oldbury Grange
caters for social rehabilitation mainly for housewives and men in
the upper age group, and a period of such rehabilitation is often a
great help in enabling a newly blind person to settle down to normal
domiciliary environment.
National Library for the Blind
The National Library for the Blind provides a free service,
apart from the appropriate charge made to the local authority, of
Braille and Moon books to blind persons of all ages. There is a comprehensive
range of fiction and non- fiction books available and if
sufficient demand exists any particular book will be transcribed.