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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.— RETURN OF ALL EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN
IN THE AREA.
Children Suffering from Multiple Defects.

Table: Children suffering from any combination of the following types of defects:— Blindness (not partial Blindness), Deafness (not partial Deafness), Mental Defect, Epilepsy, Active Tuberculosis, Crippling (as defined in the penultimate category of the Table), Heart Disease—Total 12.

Children suffering from any combination of the following types of defects:— Blindness (not partial Blindness), Deafness (not partial Deafness), Mental Defect, Epilepsy, Active Tuberculosis, Crippling (as defined in the penultimate category of the Table), Heart Disease—Total 12.

Dcfects.Type of School Attending (if any).
3 GirlsCrippling and Mental DefectiveDay Special School for Mentally Defective Children.
5 Boys and 1 GirlCrippling and Heart DiseaseDay Special School for Physically Defective Children.
1 BoyCrippling and DeafnessUnfit to attend School.
1 GirlCrippling and Heart DiseaseUnfit to attend School.
1 BoyTuberculous Cervical Glands and Heart DiseaseUnfit to attend School.

Table: BLIND CHILDREN.

BLIND CHILDREN.

At Certified Schools for the Blind.At Public Elementary Schools.At Other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
3———3

Table: PARTIALLY BLIND CHILDREN.

PARTIALLY BLIND CHILDREN.

At Certified Schools for the Blind.At Certified Schools for the Partially Blind.At Public Elementary Schools.At Other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
413———17