Rehabilitation : report of a Sub-Committee of the Standing Medical Advisory Committee.

  • Great Britain. Standing Medical Advisory Committee. Sub-Committee on Rehabilitation.
Date:
1972
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Credit: Rehabilitation : report of a Sub-Committee of the Standing Medical Advisory Committee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Single leg cases (3,663) formed 80 per cent of the total; of the remainder there were more double leg than single arm cases. Table II—Analysis by age, cause and sex. Vascular disease is again shown as the major cause of amputation but it is not exclusive to the aged since 481 out of a total of 3,176 cases occurred in the 40-59 age group. 171 children under age 10 attended for congenital malformations. Table II1J—Analysis by site, sge and aex. The 0-9 column includes the 171 cases of congenital malformation referred to above and some estimate of the numbers of limbs involved in these patients may be made by extrapolation. Tabie I New patients attending limb-fitting centres in England in 1970 Analysis by site, cause and sex | | Disease Total | SSS ee | all | Trauma; Congenital Vascular | Malig- causes malformation | Total | including | nancy | Other diabetes Total M! 3,154| 502 | 101 | 2.504 2,190 147 214 F; 1,405 95. | 70 1,240 986 127 127 T4559) S97 || 171 3,791 3,176 274 341 Single M 292 195 | 60 37 7 17 13 arm F 134 41 | 54 39 6 21 iz T 49634-2365 7 1igcy 76 13 38 ps, Single M| 2,499| 287 29 2,183 1,884 130 169 leg F{| 1,164 50; 14 12 1,102 892 106 104 T| 3,663 337 ies 41 3283 2,776 236 273 Protea <r via] cet hehe FI 5 so aia cee arm F 2 — 1 1 — — 1 ak | 11 3 6 2 — + ve Double M\ 346| 13 | 3 330| 299 is 31 leg F 102 4 | 2 96 87 = 9 T 448 i ae > 426 386 — 40 Multiple M 8 4 4 — — a — F 3 — 1 z 1 — «% 11 4 » 2 1 ee 1