Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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Forty-three children were examined under the Mental Deficiency Act (1913) during 1941. These were scheduled as follows:—
Dull and backward but capable of instruction in an elementary school | 2 |
Mentally defective but capable of instruction in a special school | 20 |
Imbecile | 12 |
Not scheduled (to be seen again) | 9 |
EXAMINATION AND TREATMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL CHILDREN.
The number of children examined in the course of Routine Medical Inspection at the secondary schools was as follows :—
Junior Technical School | 148 | |
Grammar School | 249 | |
County School | 326 |
The classification of the nutrition of these children was as follows
School. | Classification. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
"A" | " B " | '* C " | " D " | |
Junior Technical | 5 | 116 | 27 | - |
Grammar | 16 | 262 | 47 | 1 |
County | 44 | 172 | 33 | - |