472
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(Guttmann, 1964), 527 of whom were ex-service pensioners. There were 1,316 men and
189 women.
The marital status of these people before admission is given in Table 32, showing
674 (44-8 per cent), of whom 69 were women, married and living with their partners.
This figure includes marriages both before and after injury, the great majority being
after injury. A total of 777 (51-8 per cent), amongst them 99 women, were single, and
TABLE 32. Marital status of 1,505 paraplegics and tetraplegics before admission
Men
Married
Unmarried living with partner
Divorced or separated
Widowed
Single
Totals
Women
Married
Unmarried living with partner
Divorced or separated
Widowed
Single
Totals
Paraplegics
467
8
7
5
528
1,015
50
4
4
3
70
131
Tetraplegics
138
3
4
6
150
301
19
—
2
8
29
58
Total
605
ii
ii
ii
678
1,316
69
4
6
ii
99
189
TABLE 33. Marriages after admission
Men
Paraplegic men to :
Complete
Incomplete
Tetraplegic men to :
Complete
Incomplete
Women
Paraplegic women to :
Complete
Incomplete
Tetraplegic women to :
Complete
Incomplete
Normal Women
141
85
13
20
259
Normal Men
10
10
—
i
Paraplegic Women
9
2
—
—
II
Paraplegic
or Polio Men
9
i
i
—
Total
150
87
13
20
270
Total
19
ii
i
i
Totals
21
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