London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Croydon 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Nervous Conditions.

Recorded in 21 cases—
Highly strung6
Headaches8
Night terrors3
Enuresis1
Twitchings4
Past history of Chorea or other nervous condition-
Minor degrees of nervous disorders6

Often a combination of more than one of the above symptoms
was manifested.
Re-examinations.
75 children were re-examined : 3 were worse, 19 showed no
essential change, 26 were improved, and 28 were quiescent.
BLIND, DEAF, DEFECTIVE AND EPILEPTIC CHILDREN.
Blind Children.
3 boys are resident in special schools for the blind. The
institutions which these children attend are as follows:-The
Worcester School for the Blind, 1 boy; Royal Institute for the
Blind, Birmingham, 1 boy; Court Grange Special School for
Blind, 1 boy.
Deaf Children.
10 boys and 7 girls are resident at special schools for the
deaf. The institutions which these children attend are:—Royal
School for the Deaf, Margate, 5 boys and 1 girl; Rayners School
for the Deaf, Penn, 2 boys and 1 girl; Brighton School for the
Deaf, 1 boy and 3 girls; St. John's School, Boston Spa, 2 boys;
Oak Lodge, Nightingale Lane, Clapham, 1 girl; Walpole House,
Brighton, 1 girl.
Epileptic Children.
4 boys and 1 girl. The institutions which these children
attend are:—Lingfield Epileptic Colony, Surrey, 1 boy; Chalfont
Colony, Chalfont St. Peter's, Bucks, 3 boys and 1 girl.
Mentally Defective Children.
In addition to the day accommodation provided at St.
Christopher's School, 1 boy and 2 girls are resident in the
Monyhull Mental Defectives School—Birmingham.