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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 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Table: TABLE III.—Continued.

TABLE III.—Continued.

BoysGirls.Total
Physically Defective [continued)Tuberculosis of other organs (skin, etc.).At Sanatoria or Hospital Schools approved by the Ministry of Health or the Board---
At Public Elementary Schools At other Institutions---
At no School or Institution---
Delicate Children, i.e., all children (except those included in other groups) whose general health renders it desirable that they should be specially selected for admission to an Open Air School.At Certified Residential Cripple Schools---
At Certified Day Cripple Schools---
At Certified Residential Open Air Schools415
At Certified Day Open Air Schools---
At Public Elementary Schools293968
At other Institutions---
At no School or Institution---
Crippled Children (other than those with active tuberculous disease) who are suffering from a degree of crippling suffiently severe to interfere materially with a child's normal mode of life.At Certified Hospital Schools---
At Certified Residential Cripple Schools1-1
At Certified Day Cripple Schools---
At Certified Residential Open Air Schools1-1
At Certified Day Open Air Schools---
At Public Elementary Schools16622 (8)
At other Institutions---
At no School or Institution-11(1)
Children with heart disease, i.e., children whose defect is so severe as to necessitate the provision of educational facilities other than those of the public elementary school.At Certified Hospital Schools---
At Certified Residential Cripple Schools---
At Certified Day Cripple Schools---
At Certified Residential Open Air Schools---
At Certified Day Open Air Schools.---
At Public Elementary Schools-44
At other Institutions---
At no School or Institution---