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
Waltham Forest 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Waltham Forest]
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3 Deaf persons registered at 31st December, 1966
Hard of hearing 186
Deaf with speech 204
Deaf and dumb 9
Total registrations 399
N.B. This includes those on the blind register.
4 Physically handicapped persons registered at 31st December, 1966
| CATEGORY | 1951-1966 | 1937-1950 | 1917-1936 | 1902-1916 | -1901 | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amputation | M | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 22 |
| F | - | - | - | 8 | 6 | 14 | |
| Arthritis and rheumatism | M | - | - | 3 | 20 | 47 | 70 |
| F | - | 1 | 11 | 64 | 253 | 329 | |
| Congenital malformations and deformities | M | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| F | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Disease of respiratory system (non-TB) | M | - | - | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 |
| F | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Disease of digestive and genito urinary systems of heart or circulatory and of skin | M | - | 3 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 34 |
| F | - | 1 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 27 | |
| Injuries to head, trunk or limbs | M | - | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| F | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 35 | |
| Disease of spine and limbs | M | - | 2 | 3 • | 12 | 10 | 27 |
| F | - | - | 1 | 11 | 16 | 28 | |
| Organic nervous disease; epilepsy; poliomyelitis; hemiplegia; sciatica; disseminated sclerosis | M | 1 | 17 | 30 | 63 | 34 | 145 |
| F | 4 | 15 | 45 | 77 | 70 | 211 | |
| Neurosis, psychosis and other nervous disorders | M | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 |
| F | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | |
| Tuberculosis (resp.) | M | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| F | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| Tuberculosis (other) | M | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| F | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| Unspecified diseases and injuries | M | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| F | - | - | 2 | 8 | 9 | 19 | |
| Total | 8 | 55 | 115 | 507 | 548 | 1,033 | |