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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
Willesden 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table No.84.
| Initials of Child. | Date of Birth | Date examined. | Date reported by Medical Officer to Committee, and Case No. | Date entered Institution. | Name of Institution. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| e.m. | 10-10-'02 | ... | 1-6-'10 | -9-'lO | Margate (Resident). | ||
| T.H.B. | 23-7-'03 | ... | 5-7-'11 | 31-8-'11 | do. | ||
| H.A.H. | 17-6-'02 | ... | 5-7-'11 | 31-8-'11 | do. | ||
| E.G.S. | 17-5-'04 | ... | 5-7-'11 | 31-8-'11 | do. | ||
| w.s. | 31-10-'06 | l6-2-'12 | 1-10-'13 | 11-11-'13 | do. | ||
| a.r.n. | 23-5-'05 | 19-3-'12 ) and 6-12-'13 ) | 29-5-'l2 and 27-1-'13 | 14- 4-'13 | do. | ||
| l.j.t. | 8-8-'O5 | 19-3-'l2 | 29-5-'12 | 11-11-'13 | do. | ||
| f.j.h. | 3o-10-'o6 | 1-7-'13 | 22-9-'13 | 11-11-'13 | do. | ||
| I.M.H. | 9-1-'09 | 1-10-'13 | 27-10-'13 | 27-8-'14 | do. | ||
| s.n. | 27-7-'02 | 6-8-'14 | 7-10-'14 | 27-8-'14 | do. | ||
| E.c.n. | 18- 4-'09 | 6-8-'14 | 7-10-'14 | 27-8-'i4 | do. | ||
| *c.p. | 13-5-'04 | 30- 9-'14 | 26-10-'14 (14) | ... | ... | ||
*Partially deaf child attending a Willesden school, but residing in London, awaiting
being taken over by the London Authority.
As in the case of blind children, so in the case of deaf,
there are to be found children not suitable for education by
means applicable to the totally afflicted.
Many children are too deaf to be taught in a class of
hearing children in an elementary school, and come within
the definition of deaf. They are not, however, totally deaf,
and should be taught in a class specially adapted for
"hard of hearing" chfildren.
In some respects the case of the "partially deaf" child
is even harder than that of the "partially blind." Frequently
the defect is not recognised, and a child is treated
as inattentive or stupid whereas he may be neither. Especially
is this likely to happen in those cases in which the deafness
varies considerably from time to time. On some days the
child hears easily, and on others with great difficulty.
Again, a bright child learns to lip read to a considerable