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Croydon 1919

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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85
Total.
Total number of Mental Defectives known by medical
examination in the Borough 228
Statutory Cases 110
(a) 0—5 years 7 cases.
(b) 5—16, Ineducable 33 ,,
(c) Over 16 70 ,,
In Certified Institutions 43
In Croydon Mental Hospital 7
In Poor Law Institutes 8
Resident at Home 47
At Home, under Guardianship 5
Education Cases 118
In Certified Institutions 8
In Poor Law Institutes 2
Resident at Home 108
(60 of these on Roll of Grangewood Special
M.D. School.)
Epileptic Cases 40
Epileptic cases not Mentally Defective 28
Epileptic cases certified as M.D. 12
In Epilpetic Colonies and Certified Institutions
13
Resident at Home (12 excluded from
school) 27
Examinations made by the Medical Officer during the
year—51 Statutory cases; 116 Education, and 14
Epileptic 181
Supplementary Figures.
There have been 6 deaths (all statutory cases), 4 in Institutions
and 2 at home.
During the year 13 Education cases have attained the age
of.16,
10 cases have been certified as Ineducable, 6 of the latter
being cases at Grange Wood Special M.D. School, certified in
December.