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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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(b) Children found at routine medical inspection to require treatment (excluding uncleanliness and dental disease).
| Age group. | Inspected. | Found to require treatment. | Percentage requiring treatment. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entrants | 55,661 | 8,336 | 15.0 |
| Age 8 | 49,764 | 8,489 | 17.1 |
| Age 12 | 56,569 | 10,181 | 18.0 |
| Leavers (age 13¾) | 56,660 | 8,696 | 15.4 |
| Total, elementary sohools | 218,654 | 35,702 | 16.3 |
| „ special schools | 1,553 | *232 | 14.9 |
* Not including the special defects for which the children are in the special schools.
Table III.
| Classification. | At certified special schools. | At public elementary schools. | At other institutions* | At no school or institution | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blind children | — | — | |||
| Partially blind children | — | ||||
| Deaf children | — | 1† | |||
| Partially deaf children | |||||
| Mentally defective children— | |||||
| Feeble-minded children | |||||
| Epileptic children— | |||||
| Children suffering from severe epilepsy | — | ||||
| Physically defective children— | |||||
| Tuberculous children— | |||||
| Pulmonary | — | — | |||
| Non-pulmonary | — | — | |||
| Delicate children | — | ||||
| Crippled children | — | — | |||
| Children with heart disease | — | — |
* Undergoing treatment in general hospitals, etc.
† Receiving instruction at home.
‡ Under enforceable age (5 years).
§ At time of report were awaiting admission to'M.L). schools.
¶ Awaiting admission to certified schools.
†† Includes 36 children at Northern hospital (encephalitis lethargica).
(6) Return of children suffering from more than one defect, 1933.
| Type of School. | At other institutions (Gen. hosp., etc.) | At no Schl. | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defect. | Day M.D. | Residential M.D. | Day Blind | Residential Blind | Day Deaf | Residential Deaf | Epileptic colony | Day P.D. | Certified hos pital Schls. | |||
| M.D. and deaf | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| M.D. and crippled | 60 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 10 | 3 | - | 85 |
| M.D. and heart | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 43 |
| M.D. and epileptic | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | - | - | 1 | - | 59 |
| M.D. and T.B | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| M.D., deaf and blind | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| M.D., crippled and deaf | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Blind and heart | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Blind and epileptic | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Blind and deaf | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Blind and M.D. | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Deaf and crippled | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 8 |
| Deaf and heart | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Epileptic and crippled | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | 5 |
| Epileptic and heart | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 6 |
| Epileptic, M.D. and crippled | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Heart and crippled | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | - | - | - | 27 |
| 134 | 1 3 | 1 | - | 8 | 34 | 49 | 16 | 5 | - | 251 | ||