Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]
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Year of Birth
Handicap or Defect | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | TOTAL |
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BLINDNESS | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
MICROPHTHALMOS, BUPHTHALMOS | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
SQUINT | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | |
NYSTAGMUS | ||||||
SEVERE VISION DEFECT, CATERACT | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
DEAFNESS | 1 | 1 | ||||
PARTIAL HEARING or HEARING DEFECTS | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | |
SPEECH DEFECTS | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 | ||
DISEASES AND DEFECTS OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM INCLUDING: Hyaline membrane disease, asthma, chronic bronchitis | 5 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 28 |
BLOOD DISORDERS, including: Christmas Disease | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 |
SKIN DISORDERS, including: Ichthyosis congenita, eczema, | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 |
METABOLIC DISORDERS INCLUDING: Fibrocystic disease | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
PHENYLKETONURIA | ||||||
CARDIAC DEFECTS | 7 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 42 |
OTHERS NEEDING OBSERVATION for suspected physical defect | 38 | 32 | 48 | 66 | 142 | 326 |
MENTAL RETARDATION | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
MICROCEPHALY | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
EPILEPSY, OR SEVERE CONVULSIONS | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
MONGOLISM | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
SPINA BIFIDA, HYDROCEPHALUS | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 |
OTHERS NEEDING OBSERVATION FOR MENTAL RETARDATION AND OTHER C.N.S. LESIONS | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 |