[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon] page 51

Hillingdon 1969

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]

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Community Care
Car Badges
Special easily identifiable discs have been issued to 78 handicapped persons who drive invalid
carriages or adapted cars.
They are fixed to the windscreen and rear windows and they enable the police to assist the drivers
with their parking problems.
The badges are only issued to those persons who have difficulty in walking because of their
disabilities.
Visits
Social Welfare Officers made 3,515 domiciliary visits to handicapped persons (general classes)
during the year, and the Welfare Officer for the deaf made 443 home visits.

Table: WELFARE OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSONSThe Council is required by law to maintain a register of blind and partially sighted persons, and the following table shows the changes which occurred during 1969:—

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WELFARE OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSONS

The Council is required by law to maintain a register of blind and partially sighted persons, and the following table shows the changes which occurred during 1969:—

	No. on Register 31.12.68	Additions	Removals	No. on Register 31.12.69
Blind	340	57	45	352
Partially Sighted	112	31	22	121
Total:	452	88	67	473

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Of the 45 removed from the Blind register, 34 were due to death and 11 for other reasons. Of the 22
partially sighted people removed from the register, 9 were because of death, 8 were transferred to the
Blind register and 5 removed for other reasons.

Table: The following table shows the persons on the Blind Register as at 31st December, 1969 in age groups.

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The following table shows the persons on the Blind Register as at 31st December, 1969 in age groups.

	0	1	2	3	4	5 to 10	11 to 15	16 to 20	21 to 29	30 to 39	40 to 49	50 to 59	60 to 64	65 to 69	70 to 79	80 to 84	85 to 89	90 and over	Unknown	Total
M	—	—	1	—	1	4	3	2	1	6	16	16	6	14	31	11	10	6	—	128
F	—	—	—	—	—	4	1	2	6	9	4	20	14	19	56	32	31	26	—	224
Total	—	—	1	—	1	8	4	4	7	15	20	36	20	33	87	43	41	32	—	352

Table: This table shows the age at onset of blindness:—

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This table shows the age at onset of blindness:—

	0	1	2	3	4	5 to 10	11 to 15	16 to 20	21 to 29	30 to 39	40 to 49	50 to 59	60 to 64	65 to 69	70 to 79	80 to 84	85 to 89	90 and over	Unknown	Total
M	19	3	—	—	—	4	5	4	11	10	9	11	13	9	18	7	3	1	1	128
F	18	3	4	—	1	—	5	3	7	11	16	23	20	13	69	19	9	2	1	224
Total	37	6	4	—	1	4	10	7	18	21	25	34	33	22	87	26	12	3	2	352

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Table: WELFARE OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSONSThe Council is required by law to maintain a register of blind and partially sighted persons, and the following table shows the changes which occurred during 1969:—

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Table: The following table shows the persons on the Blind Register as at 31st December, 1969 in age groups.

Table: This table shows the age at onset of blindness:—