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Ilford 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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GENERAL SURVEY OF THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE.
The report shows a still further increase in the work. There
are 14,910 children on the school rolls, compared with 14,206 in
1927, and 10,981 in 1922.
5,910 children were medically inspected, compared with 5,738
in 1927, and 4,072 in 1922.
The incidence-rate of physically and mentally defective
children in the Borough remains much the same.
The following table compares the incidence-rate in Ilford with
that of the previous year, and with the Board of Education averages
for the country as arrived at in 1923 and 1927.
It will be noticed that the number of crippled children is very low in Ilford, but, as I pointed out in previous (years, this is due to the fact that in the Ilford figures are only included children who are so crippled as to require instruction at a Cripple School:—
| Defects. | BOARD OF EDUCATION | ILFORD. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incidence-Rate per 1000 children in average attendance (1st Apr. ,1922, to 31st Mar., 1923). | Incidence-Rate per 1000 children in average attendance (1st Apr., 1926, to 31st Mar., 1927.) | Incidence-Rate per 1000 children in average attendance (1st Apr.,1926, to 31st Mar., 1927). | Incidence-Rate per 1000 children in average attendance (1st Apr., 1927 to 31st Mar., 1928). | |
| Totally Blind | .4 | .4 | - | - |
| Partially Blind | 1.0 | 1.0 | .7 | .8 |
| Totally Deaf | .9 | .8 | .7 | .9 |
| Partially Deaf | .3 | .4 | .1 | .2 |
| Mentally Defective (Educable) | 8.6 | 6.6 | 7.4 | 6.3 |
| Epilepsy (Severe) | .6 | .5 | .3 | .3 |
| Infectious (Pulmonary and Glandular) Tuberculosis | .7 | .7 | .4 | .1 |
| Non-Infectious but Active Pulmonary and Glandular Tuberculosis | 1.7 | 3.0 | 1.8 | .9 |
| Active Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 1.5 | 2.0 | .4 | .5 |
| Crippled Children | 10.0 | 8.8 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| Delicate Children | 15.5 | 16.8 | 17.9 | 12.5 |