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Hornsey 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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75
EPILEPTIC CHILDREN.
Children Suffering from Severe Epilepsy.
In this part of the Table only those children should be Included who
are epileptic within the meaning of the Act, i.e., children who, not being
idiots or imbeciles, are unfit by reason of severe epilepsy to attend the
ordinary Public Elementary Schools.

Table: For practical purposes the Board are of opinion that children who are subject to attacks of major epilepsy in school should be recorded as ' severe " cases and excluded from ordinary Public Elementary Schools.

For practical purposes the Board are of opinion that children who are subject to attacks of major epilepsy in school should be recorded as ' severe " cases and excluded from ordinary Public Elementary Schools.

At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
————Nil.

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PHYSICALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN.
A.—Tuberculous Children.
Tuberculous children in areas other than Counties or County Boroughs
who have been ascertained by the County Tuberculosis Officer should not
appear in the Table for the County, but in the Table for the appropriate
area.
Only children diagnosed as tuberculous and requiring treatment for
tuberculosis at a sanatorium, a dispensary, or elsewhere should be'recorded
in this category. Children suffering from crippling due to tuberculosis
which is regarded as being no longer in need of treatment should be
recorded as crippled children, provided that the degree of crippling conforms
to the description of a crippled child given at the head of Section C
below. All other tuberculous children who are regarded as being no longer
In need of treatment should be recorded as delicate children, provided
the Medical Officer is prepared to certify under Section 55 of the Education
Act, 1921, that they are Incapable by reason of physical defect of receiving
proper benefit from the instruction in the ordinary Public Elementary
Schools.

Table: 1.—Children Suffering From Pulmonary Tuberculosis. (Including pleura and intra-thoracic glands.)

1.—Children Suffering From Pulmonary Tuberculosis. (Including pleura and intra-thoracic glands.)

At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary Schools tAt other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
——3—3
n.—Children Suffering From Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis. (This category should include tuberculosis of all sites other than those shown in (I) above.)
At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary Schools.+At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
2—2—4

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t It is essential that tuberculous children who are, or may be, a source of infection to others
should be promptly excluded from Public Elementary Schools.