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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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examinations.
157
During the year 1927, 28 children were thus dealt with at the following hospitals and schools, viz:—
| Halliwick Cripple Home | 1 | Royal National Orthopadic Hospital | 9 |
| Heatherwood Hospital, Ascot | 1 | St. Andrew's Home | 8 |
| Hermitage Schools, Chailey | 1 | St. Michael's Convent of Mercy | 1 |
| Lord Mayor Treloar's Hospital, Alton | 1 | St. Vincent's Home, Pinner | 5 |
| National Children's Home | 1 |
Defective Children.
The following table shows the number of children nominated for examination and the recommendations made:—
| Defect. | Number nominated. | Suitable for admission to | Returned to elementary school. | Invalided. | Notified under M.D. Act. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vision | B. | G. | Blind School. | Myope class. | Swanley. | B. | G. | B. | G. | B. | G. | |||||
| B. | G. | B. | G. | B. | G. | |||||||||||
| 518 | 577 | 14 | 21 | 147 | 151 | 53 | 56 | 270 | 298 | 34 | 51 | — | — | |||
| Deaf school. | Hard of hearing class. | |||||||||||||||
| B. | G. | B. | G. | |||||||||||||
| Hearing | 207 | 189 | 42 | 29 | 34 | 40 | 129 | 115 | 2 | 5 | — | — | ||||
| P.D. | 801 | 738 | P.D. school. | Open-air school. | 150 | 163 | 102 | 84 | — | — | ||||||
| B. | G. | B. | G. | |||||||||||||
| 536 | 483 | 13 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| M.D. school. | ||||||||||||||||
| B. | G. | |||||||||||||||
| M.D. | 1,231 | 947 | 481 | 372 | 617 | 467 | 70 | 52 | 63* | 56* | ||||||
| Epileptic colony. | ||||||||||||||||
| B. | G. | |||||||||||||||
| Epileptic | 63 | 77 | 23 | 14 | 16 | 29 | 24 | 34 | — | — | ||||||
| 2,820 | 2,528 | 1,343 | 1,174 | 1,182 | 1,072 | | 232 | 226 | 63 | 56 | |||||||
| 5,348 | 2,517 | 2,254 | 458 | 119 | ||||||||||||
* Of these 52 boys and 49 girls were imbecile; 6 boys and 5 girls were idiots; and 5 boys and 2 girls were
feeble-minded.
Examinations were also conducted in 76 cases with a view to ascertaining their fitness for education in Industrial or Reformatory schools, with the following results:—
| Recommended for | Boys. | Girls. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reformatory school | 18 | 3 | 21 |
| Industrial school | 31 | 2 | 33 |
| M.D. industrial school | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| Dealt with under M.D. Act by being sent to institutions | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 67 | 9 | 76 |
The Special schools were visited at least once a quarter and every child present Rota visits
was seen at least once during the year, the total examinations amounting to 19,513; to the
in addition 735 special examinations were made of children already on the rolls
of special schools in connection with applications for non-enforcement of attendance
at special schools and for similar reasons.
15435 l