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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 1968
[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 | 2 | — | 4 | 12 | 28 | 46 |
| Arthritis and rheumatism | — | — | 25 | 80 | 279 | 384 |
| Congenital malformations and deformities | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Diseases of digestive and genito-urinary systems | — | — | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| Diseases of the heart or circulatory systems | — | 1 | 1 | 29 | 60 | 91 |
| Diseases of the respiratory system (other than tuberculosis) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 36 | 64 |
| Diseases of the skin | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Injuries of the head, face, neck, thorax, abdomen, pelvis or trunk | — | — | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| Injuries or diseases (other than tuberculosis) of the upper and lower limbs, and of the spine | _ | 3 | 10 | 10 | 52 | 75 |
| Organic nervous diseases, epilepsy, poliomyelitis, multiple sclerosis | 9 | 39 | 73 | 151 | 113 | 385 |
| Neuroses, psychoses and other nervous and mental disorders | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | 4 |
| Tuberculosis (respiratory) | — | — | I | 2 | — | 3 |
| Tuberculosis (non-respiratory) | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Diseases and injuries not specified above | — | 1 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 44 |
| Total | 13 | 45 | 130 | 336 | 602 | 1,126* |
* This figure includes those handicapped persons who suffer from dual or multiple disabilities.