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
Sutton 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]
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| Type of defect | Year of birth | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | TOTAL | |
| Defects of the Total Central Nervous System | 20 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 77 |
| Mental Retardation | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 31 |
| Microcephaly | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Epilepsy (or severe convulsions) | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||
| Mongols | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Spina Bifida or hydrocephalus | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| Others needing observation re: retardation | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |
| Number with chronic Total illness | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 26 |
| Fibrocystic disease | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Christmas disease | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Others | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
| Hearing defects | 6 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 31 |
| Vision defects | 5 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 51 |
| Speech defects | 13 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 58 | |
| Number with severe handicaps (included in classification elsewhere) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |
| Number with cardiac defects | 6 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 28 | |
| Phenylketonuria | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Number with multiple defects | 11 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 |
| Number who were put on register for symptomatic reasons. (included in classification elsewhere). | 5 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 36 |
| Number requiring observation only | 5 | 16 | 22 | 18 | 31 | 92 |
| Total number of children with defects (some children have more than one defect). | 46 | 93 | 78 | 90 | 126 | 433 |