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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 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]
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| YEAR OF BIRTH | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Handicap or Defect | 1965 | 19b6 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | TOTAL |
| BLINDNESS | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| MICROPHTHALMOS, BUPHTHALMOS | 1 | 1 | ||||
| SQUINT | 2 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 |
| NYSTAGMUS | 1 | 1 | ||||
| SEVERE VISION DEFECT, CATERACT | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| DEAFNESS | 1 | l | ||||
| PARTIAL HEARING, or HEARING DEFECTS | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 18 |
| SPEECH DEFECTS | 7 | 13 | 3 | 23 | ||
| DISEASES AND DEFECTS OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM includings Hyaline membrane disease, asthma, chronic bronchitis | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 23 |
| BLOOD DISORDERS, including: Christmas Disease | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 |
| SKIN DISORDERS, including; Ichthyosis congenita, eczema, large naevae | l | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| METABOLIC DISORDERS including: Fibrocystic disease | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| PHENYLKETONURIA | ||||||
| CARDIAC DEFECTS | 8 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 46 |
| OTHERS NEEDING OBSERVATION for suspected physical defect | 25 | 63 | 65 | 88 | 91 | 332 |
| MENTAL RETARDATION | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| MICROCEPHALY | 1 | 1 | ||||
| EPILEPSY, OR SEVERE CONVULSIONS | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| MONGOLISM | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| SPINA BIFIDA, HYDROCEPHALUS | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 |
| OTHERS NEEDING OBSERVATION FOR MENTAL RETARDATION AND OTHER C.N.S. LESIONS | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 17 | |
Total number of children "At Risk" at end of 1969 1740
Total number of children "At Risk" at. end of 1968 2290
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