[Report 1969] / Medical Officer of Health, West Bromwich County Borough.
- West Bromwich (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1969
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1969] / Medical Officer of Health, West Bromwich County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The analysis of the age groups is as follows :— Children 16-29 30-49 50-64 65 -4- Total Males 9 40 75 156 139 419 Fema les 12 33 55 147 251 498 Total 21 73 130 303 390 917 The 917 cases known to the Department can be classified as suffering from disability as shown in the fpllowing table Coding] A B C D E Totals Amputations A/E 15 2 2 52 — 71 Arthritis & Rheumatism F 5 4 3 186 — 198 Congenital Malformations G 24 4 1 28 8 65 Diseases of the Digestive & Genito Ur;nary Systems; of the Heart or Circulatory systems; of the Respiratory system (other than Tuberculosis) H/L 27 2 2 253 6 290 Injuries of the Head ; Face : Thorax; Injuries or Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) of the Upper & Lower Limbs & Spine Q/T 22 4 2 70 — 98 Organic Nervous Diseases : Epilepsy, Poliomyelitis, Hemplegia Sciatica etc. V 38 11 3 102 3 157 Mental Disorders U/W 1 1 1 11 — 14 Tuberculosis (Respiratory) X 1 — — 2 — 3 Tuberculosis (Non-Respiratory) Y 2 — — 6 4 12 Diseases; Injuries not specified above Z 1 2 — 6 — 9 Totals - 136 30 14 716 21 917 The number of known cases of epilepsy in the Borough was 82, consisting of 17 men, 22 women, 22 boys, 21 girls. There were](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30260127_0109.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
