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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Children
returned
to elementary
schools or
invalided.
The following statement gives an analysis of the 283 cases examined for
admission to special schools for the physically defective, as a result of which the
children were either returned to elementary schools or were invalided as for the
time unfit for any school:—
Table 36.
| Morbid conditions. | Elementary school. | Invalided |
|---|---|---|
| Infantile paralysis | 5 | 2 |
| Cerebral paralysis | 5 | 2 |
| Various paralyses | 5 | 5 |
| Tuberculosis of bones and joints | 16 | 4 |
| Osteomyelitis | 6 | 3 |
| Rickets and resulting deformities | 2 | |
| Congenital deformities | 9 | 4 |
| Scoliosis | 4 | 1 |
| Traumata and amputations | 3 | 2 |
| Non-tuberculous arthritis and synovitis | 6 | — |
| Rheumatism and chorea | 20 | 4 |
| Various chest conditions—fibrosis, bronchitis, asthma | 25 | 4 |
| Heart diseases— | ||
| Congenital | 11 | 4 |
| Acquired valvular-— | ||
| Rheumatic | 25 | 6 |
| Non-rheumatic | 27 | 8 |
| Non-valvular— | ||
| Rheumatic | 2 | — |
| Non-rheumatic | 12 | 3 |
| Anaemia | 8 | 1 |
| Pseudo-hypertrophic muscular dystrophy | 3 | 1 |
| Various nervous conditions, ataxia, etc | 3 | 1 |
| Other diseases—chiefly medical | 23 | 8 • |
| Total | 220 | 63 |
Rota visits to
the schools.
attendance and for similar reasons. As a result of the rota examinations the following re-classifications took place:—
Table 37.
| Transferred from schools for | Re-classified for transfer to— | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P.D. school. | M.D. school. | Partially sighted school. | Blind school. | Deaf school. | Partially deaf school. | Open- air school. | Epileptic colony. | Swanley. | |
| Physically defective | _ | 13 | 2 | _ | _ | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Mentally defective | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| Partially sighted | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | 2 | ||
| Blind | — | _ | 2 | — | — | - | - | - | - |
| Deaf | — | - | — | - | - | 4 | - | — | 1 |
| Partially deaf | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | |
After trial in a special school, 85 children were excluded (35 as imbecile, 1 as
idiot, 13 as feeble-minded ineducable, 1 as "special circumstances" and 7 as
feeble-minded "detrimental," and 28 invalided on medical grounds).