London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Tottenham 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Table III.-Return of all Exceptional Children in the Area.
| - | - | Boys | Girls | Total | |
| 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 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 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 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ||
| Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Blind .. | |||||
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | _ | ||||
| At other Institutions | - | - | - | ||
| At no School or Institution | - | 1 | 1 | ||
| Deaf (including deaf and dumb and partially deaf) | Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Deaf | 14 | 13 | 27 | |
| (i) Suitable for training in a School or Class for the totally deaf or deaf and dumb | Attending Public Elementary Schools | ||||
| At other Institutions | - | - | - | ||
| At no School or Institution | - | - | - | ||
| Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Deaf | 4 | 7 | 11 | ||
| (ii) Suitable for training in a School or Class for the partially deaf | |||||
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | _ | _ | |||
| 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 Chn. | 28 | 27 | 55 |
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | 87 | 48 | 135 | ||
| At other Institutions | 2 | - | 2 | ||
| At no School or Institution | 14 | 12 | 261 | ||
| Notified to the Local Authority during the year. | Feebleminded | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Imbeciles | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Idiots | - | - | - | ||
| Epileptics | Suffering from severe epilepsy. | Attending Certified Special Schools for Epileptics | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| In Institutions other than Certified Special Schools | _ | _ | |||
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | _ | _ | _ | ||
| At no School or Institution | 2 | 7 | 9* | ||
| Suffering from epilepsy which is not severe | Attending Public Elementary Schools | 8 | 9 | 17 | |
| At no School or Institution | - |
* One boy and four girls included under these headings are both
Epileptic and Feeble-Minded.