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 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]
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| Handicap or defect | Year of Birth | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 971 | 1970 | 1969 | 1968 | 1967 | Total | |
| BLINDNESS | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| MICROPHTHALMOS, BUPHTHALMOS | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| SQUINT | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| NYSTAGMUS | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SEVERE VISION DEFECT, CATERACT | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| DEAFNESS | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 3 |
| PARTIAL HEARING or HEARING DEFECTS | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| SPEECH DEFECTS | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| DISEASES AND DEFECTS OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM INCLUDING: Hyaline membrane disease, asthma, chronic bronchitis | - | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| BLOOD DISORDERS, including: Christmas Disease | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| SKIN DISORDERS, including: Ichthyosis congenita, eczema | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| METABOLIC DISORDERS INCLUDING: Fibrocystic disease | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| PHENYLKETONURIA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| CARDIAC DEFECTS | -7 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 33 |
| OTHERS NEEDING OBSERVATION for suspected physical defect | 132 | 157 | 77 | 96 | 35 | 497 |
| MENTAL RETARDATION | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| MICROCEPHALY | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| EPILEPSY, OR SEVERE CONVULSIONS | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| MONGOLISM | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| SPINA BIFIDA, HYDROCEPHALUS | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| OTHERS NEEDING OBSERVATION FOR MENTAL RETARDATION AND OTHER C.N.S. LESIONS | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 |