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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Table III.—
Statement of the Number of Children Notified during the Year ended 31st December, 1934, by the Local Education Authority to the Local Mental Deficiency Authority.
Total number of children notified, 12.
| Diagnosis. | Boys. | Girls. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (i) Children incapable of receiving benefit or further benefit from instruction in a Special School:— | ||
| (a) Idiots | — | 1 | |
| (b) Imbeciles | 3 | 2 | |
| (c) Others | 2 | 1 | |
| (ii) Children unable to be instructed in a Special School without detriment to the interests of other children:— | |||
| (a) Moral Defectives | — | — | |
| (b) Others | — | — | |
| (2) | Feeble-minded children notified on leaving a Special School on or before attaining the age of 16 | 1 | 2 |
| (3) | Feeble-minded children notified under Article 5 of the 1914 Regulations or under Article 3 of the 1928 Regulations, i.e., "special circumstances" cases | ||
| (4) | Children who, in addition to being mentally defective, were blind or deaf | — | - |
| Grand Total | 6 | 6 | |
In addition, 1 girl under seven years of age, who came under
our notice, haa been intimated, at his request, to the Officer
under the Mental Deficiency Act.