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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

Heston and Isleworth 1927

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]

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Table: TABLE IN. RETURN of all Exceptional Children in the area.

TABLE IN. RETURN of all Exceptional Children in the area.

BoysGirlsTotal
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...33
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...22
Attending Public Elementary...II
At other Institutions.........
At no School or Institution...11
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 Deaf213
Attending Public Elementary Schools.........
At other Institutions.........
At no School or Institution112
(ii.) SuitableAttending Certified Schools or Classes for the Deaf.........
for training in a School or Class for the partially deaf.Attending Public Elementary Schools112
At other Institutions.........
At no School or Institution.........
Mentally Defective.Feebleminded (cases not notifiable to the Local Control Authority).Attending Certified Schools for Mentally Defective Children112
Attending Public Elementary Schools9413
At other Institutions.........
At no School or Institution123
Notified to the Local Control Authority during the year.Feebleminded.........
Imbeciles.........
Idiots.........
Epileptics.Suffering from severe Epilepsy.Attending Certified Special Schools for Epileptics1...1
In Institutions other than Certified Special Schools.........
Attending Public Elementary Schools.........
At no School or Institution1...I
Suffering from Epilepsy which is not severe.Attending Public Elementary Schools325
At no School or Institution...11