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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
Wimbledon 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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| Boys. | Girls. | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mentally Defective contd. | Notified to the Local Control Authority during the year | Feebleminded | - | 1 | 1 |
| Imbeciles | - | - | - | ||
| Idiots | - | - | - | ||
| Epileptics | Suffering from severe epilepsy | Attending Certified Special Schools for Epileptics | - | - | - |
| In Institutions other than Certified Special Schools | - | - | - | ||
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | - | - | - | ||
| At no Schcol or Institution | - | 2 | ‡2 | ||
| Suffering from epilepsy which is not severe. | Attending Public Elementary Schools | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| At no School or Institution | - | - | - | ||
| Physically Defective | Infectious pulmonary and glandular tuberculosis | At Sanatoria or Sanatorium Schools approved by the Ministry of Health or the Board | - | - | - |
| At other Institutions | - | - | - | ||
| At no School or Institution | - | - | - | ||
| Non-infectious but active pulmonary and glandular tuberculosis | At Sanatoria or Sanatorium Schools approved by the Ministry of Health or the Board | - | - | - | |
| At Certified Residential Open Air Schools | - | - | - | ||
| At Certified Day Open Air Schools | - | - | - | ||
| At Public Elementary Schools | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
| At other Institutions | - | - | - | ||
| At no School or Institution | 1 | - | ‡1 | ||