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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
Brent 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brent]
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WELFARE OF THE HANDICAPPED
Table 25
Registrations
| Children under 16 | Persons aged 16-64 | Persons aged 65 and over | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaf with speech | Male | 10 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| Female | 8 | 7 | 6 | 21 | |
| Deaf without speech | Male | 7 | 66 | 3 | 76 |
| Female | 4 | 34 | 3 | 41 | |
| Hard of Hearing | Male | Nil | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Female | Nil | Nil | 5 | 5 | |
| General Classes | Male | 2 | 178 | 79 | 259 |
| Female | 3 | 190 | 199 | 392 | |
| Total | 34 | 484 | 299 | 817 | |
Table 26
General Classes—Analysis of Disabilities
| Disability | No. |
|---|---|
| Amputations | 37 |
| Arthritis and rheumatism | 204 |
| Congenital malformations and deformities | 12 |
| Diseases of Digestive and Genito-urinary systems | 20 |
| Diseases of the heart or circulatory systems | 49 |
| Diseases of the respiratory system (other than tuberculosis) | 39 |
| Diseases of the skin | 1 |
| Injuries of the head, face, neck, thorax, abdomen, pelvis or trunk | 12 |
| Injuries or diseases (other than tuberculosis) of the upper and lower limbs, and of the spine | 46 |
| Organic nervous diseases, epilepsy, poliomyelitis, disseminated sclerosis | 279 |
| Neuroses, phychoses and other nervous and mental disorders | 15 |
| Tuberculosis (respiratory) | 3 |
| Tuberculosis (non-respiratory) | 6 |
| Diseases and injuries not specified above | 26 |
| Total | 7491 |
* This figure includes, those handicapped persons who suffer from dual or multiple disabilities.