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 East Ham]
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Table III—continued
Section SS of the Education Act, 1921, that they are incapable by reason of such physical defect of receiving proper benefit from the instruction in the ordinary Public Elementary Schools.
At Certified Special Schools. | At Public Elementary Schools. | At other Institutions. | At no Schocfl or Institution. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|---|
7 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 38 |
D. Children with Heart Disease.
This Section is confined to children in whose case the Medical Officer would be prepared to certify, under Section 55 of the Education Act, 1921, that they are incapable by reason of such physical defect of receiving proper benefit from the instruction in the ordinary Public Elementary Schools.
At Certified Special Schools. | At Public Elementary Schools. | At other Institutions. | At no School or Institution. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|---|
15 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 50 |
Children Suffering from Multiple Defects.
Information is given in respect of children suffering from any combination of the following types of defect:—
Combination of Defect. | At Certified Special Schools. | At Public Elementary Schools. | At other Institutions. | At no School or Institution. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blind and M.D. | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 1 |
M.D. and Heart | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |