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
Brent 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brent]
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Table 25
General Classes—Analysis of Disabilities
| Disability | Age | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 16 | 16-29 | 30-49 | 50-64 | 65 and over | ||
| Amputations | - | - | 5 | 12 | 21 | 38 |
| Arthritis and rheumatism | - | 1 | 6 | 62 | 185 | 254 |
| Congenital malformations and deformities | - | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Diseases of digestive and genito-urinary systems | - | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Diseases of the heart or circulatory systems | - | 1 | 1 | 24 | 46 | 68 |
| Diseases of the respiratory system (other than tuberculosis) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 26 | 49 |
| Diseases of the skin | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Injuries of the head, face, neck, thorax, abdomen, pelvis or trunk | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Injuries or diseases (other than tuberculosis) of the upper and lower limbs, and of the spine | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 33 | 54 |
| Organic nervous diseases, epilepsy, poliomyelitis, multiple sclerosis | 8 | 34 | 72 | 122 | 87 | 323 |
| Neuroses, psychoses and other nervous and mental disorders | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Tuberculosis (respiratory) | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Tuberculosis (non-respiratory) | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Diseases and injuries not specified above | - | 1 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 23 |
| Total | 10 | 39 | 107 | 271 | 412 | 839* |
* This figure includes those handicapped persons who suffer from dual or multiple disabilities.