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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Category No. | Nature of Handicap | |
---|---|---|
1 | Visual handicaps | 11 |
2 | Auditory handicaps | 9 |
3 | Language and speech handicaps | 3 |
4 | Epilepsy | 5 |
5 | Cerebral palsy | 5 |
6 | Spina bifida and hydrocephalus | 17 |
7 | Muscular dystrophy and other muscular disorders | 3 |
8 | Metabolic and endrocrine handicaps | 5 |
9 | Alimentary disorders | 7 |
10 | Cardiovascular disease | 27 |
11 | Respiratory disease | 14 |
12 | Genito-urinary disorders | 11 |
13 | Educationally subnormal | 21 |
14 | Severe educational subnormality | 14 |
15 | Maladjusted/Autistic/Psychotic | 1 |
16 | Battered Baby Syndrome | 11 |
17 | Blood disease | 5 |
18 | Limb and skeletal abnormalities | 23 |
19 | Chronic illness (neo-plastic) | - |
20 | Skin diseases | 5 |
21 | Other conditions | 17 |
22 | Chromosomal abnormalities (including monogolism) | 14 |
TOTAL HANDICAPS | 228 | |
Number of children included above who have multiple handicaps | 15 |