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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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Table: There were also 617 cases returned, on improvement, to elementary schools, or, when over 14 years of age, deemed to be no longer certifiable. The details are as follow:— Table 38.

There were also 617 cases returned, on improvement, to elementary schools, or, when over 14 years of age, deemed to be no longer certifiable. The details are as follow:—

Table 38.

Action taken.Special school classification.
P.D.M.D.Blind.Partially sighted.Deaf.Partially deaf.Total.
Returned, on improvement, to elementary schools17622171-207
Over 14 years of age and excluded as no longer certifiable27747_86—_410
Total453691931-617

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Decertification
of
phvsically
defective
children.

Table: The following table classifies the children who improved to such an extent that they were able to return from the schools for physically defective children to the ordinary elementary schools, or were " no longer certifiable " as defective between the ages of 14 and 16 years:— Table 39.

The following table classifies the children who improved to such an extent that they were able to return from the schools for physically defective children to the ordinary elementary schools, or were " no longer certifiable " as defective between the ages of 14 and 16 years:—

Table 39.

Morbid conditions.Cases deemed no longer certifiable.Cases deemed fit to return to elementary schools.
Infantile paralysis1510
Cerebral paralysis2—
Various paralyses61
Tuberculosis of bones and joints3024
Osteomyelitis119
Rickets and resulting deformities67
Congenital deformities715
Scoliosis—1
Traumata and amputations1116
Non-tuberculous arthritis and synovitis54
Rheumatism and chorea1824
Various chest conditions—fibrosis, bronchitis, asthma32
Heart diseases—
Congenital137
Acquired valvular11741
Non-valvular223
Anaemia23
Various nervous conditions—ataxia, etc.__
Other diseases—chiefly medical99
Total277176

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Deaf
children.
During the year Mr. Wells examined 207 children with defective hearing, the
decisions regarding whom are set out on page 61. The cause of deafness in the
partially deaf, deaf and defective, and deaf, seen for the first time during the year,
was found in 21 cases to be congenital, and in 163 cases acquired, while in 21
the cause was uncertain and there were two cases of aphasia.
The congenital cases were classified as follows:—
Cause of deafness.
True hereditary deafness 5
Sporadic deaf birth 16
Total 21
The acquired cases were classified as:—
Cause of deafness.
Disease of the nervous system 4
Infective conditions 9
Other infectious disease 10
Nasal obstruction 24
Ear disease 112
Injury 4
Total 163
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