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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
Bromley 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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TABLE III.—Numerical Return of all Exceptional Children in the Area.—1930.
| Boys. | Girls. | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLIND (including partially Blind). | (i) Suitable for training in a School or Class for the totally Blind). | Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Blind | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | ... | ... | ... | |||
| At other Institutions | ... | ... | ... | |||
| At no School or Institution | ... | ... | ... | |||
| (ii) Suitable for training in a School or Class for the partially Blind. | Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Blind | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| At other Institutions | ... | ... | ... | |||
| At no School or Institution | ... | ... | ... | |||
| DEAF (including Deaf and Dumb and partially Deaf). | (i) Suitable for training in a School or Class for the totally Deaf or Deaf and Dumb. | Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Deaf | ... | ... | ... | |
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | ... | ... | ... | |||
| At other Institutions | ... | ... | ... | |||
| At no School or Institution | 1 | ... | 1 | |||
| (ii) Suitable for training in a School or Class for the partially Deaf. | Attending Certified Schools for the Deaf | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| At other Institutions | ... | ... | ... | |||
| At no School or Institution | ... | ... | ... | |||
| MENTALLY DEFECTIVE. | Feeble Minded (cases not notified to the Local Control Authority). | Attending Certified Schools for Mentally Defective Children | 13 | 14 | 21 | |
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | ... | ... | ... | |||
| At other Institutions | 1 | ... | 1 | |||
| At no School or Institution | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Notified to the Local Control Authority during the year. | Feeble minded | (See Form 307M) | ||||
| Imbeciles | ||||||
| Idiots | ||||||
| EPILEPSY. | Suffering from severe epilepsy | Attending Certified Special Schools for Epileptics | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| In Institutions other than Certified Special Schools | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | ... | ... | ... | |||
| At no School or Institution | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Suffering from Epilepsy which is not severe. | Attending Public Elementary Schools | 3 | 2 | |||
| At no School or Institution | 1 | ... | ... | |||