Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Council, 1920. Vol. III. Public Health
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Epileptics— | Boys. | Girls. | Total. |
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Attending public elementary schools | 379 | 398 | 777 |
Attending special M.D. schools | 66 | 53 | 119 |
Attending special P.D. schools | 12 | 9 | 21 |
Attending blind schools | - | 1 | 1 |
Attending deaf schools | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Attending certified schools for epileptics | 56 | 36 | 92 |
Not at school (b) | 279 | 251 | 530 |
Imbeciles or idiots (c) | 246 | 224 | 470 |
Physically defective— | |||
Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | |||
*Attending public elementary schools (d). | 300 | 306 | 606 |
Attending certified day schools for physically defective children (day open air schools for tuberculous children) | 210 | 130 | 340 |
Attending certified residential schools for physically defective children | 75 | 81 | 156 |
In institutions other than certified schools | 308 | 311 | 619 |
Not at school (b) | 156 | 199 | 355 |
Crippling due to tuberculosis. | |||
Attending public elementary schools (d) | 645 | 552 | 1,197 |
Attending certified day schools for physically defective children | 573 | 475 | 1,048 |
Attending certified residential schools for physically defective children | 55 | 46 | 101 |
In institutions other than certified schools | 391 | 361 | 752 |
Not at school (b) | 126 | 114 | 240 |
Crippling due to causes other than tuberculosis i.e., paralysis, rickets, traumatism. | |||
Attending public elementary schools (d) | 1,818 | 2,388 | 4,206 |
Attending certified day schools for physically defective children | 1,001 | 801 | 1,802 |
Attending certified residential schools for physically defective children | 11 | 4 | 15 |
In institutions other than certified schools | 150 | 112 | 262 |
Not at school (b) | 94 | 98 | 192 |
Crippling due to heart disease— | |||
Attending public elementary schools (d) | 591 | 630 | 1,221 |
Attending certified day schools for physicallv defective children | 390 | 508 | 898 |
Attending certified residential schools for physically defective children | - | - | - |
In institutions other than certified schools | 11 | . 14 | 25 |
Not at school (b) | 79 | 152 | 231 |
Other physical defectives, e.g., delicate and other children suitable for admission to open-air schools | |||
Attending public elementary schools (d) | 8,469 | 7,977 | 16,446 |
Attending certified day schools for physically defective children | 78 | 68 | 146 |
Attending certified residential schools for physically defective children | 12 | - | 12 |
In institutions other than certified schools | 15 | 15 | 30 |
Attending open air schools | 195 | 125 | 320 |
Attending playground classes | 1,200 | 1,900 | 3,100 |
Attending certified holiday camps (e) | |||
Bushy | 2,700 | - | 2,700 |
Margate | - | 192 | 192 |
Not at school (b) | 633 | 916 | 1,549 |
Dull or Backward— | |||
Retarded 2 years | 10,071 | 9,135 | 19,206 |
Retarded 3 years | 762 | 798 | 1,560 |
* Suspected pulmonary tuberculosis.
(а) These figures refer to cases of partial blindness and partial deafness.
(b) The number "not at school" includes children permanently disabled, certified as unfit to attend school
for various periods, in the country, etc. Many are in attendance at other institutions, such as hospitals, or in the
care of the Metropolitan Asylums Board.
(c) Feebleminded children, imbeciles and idiots. This includes certain children who have been transferred
to institutions outside the County and also some under school age. There are 1,021 boys and 770 girls in the institutions
of the Metropolitan Asylums Board who are mentally defective and under 16 years of age. These numbers
to some extent but not entirely overlap the figures quoted under the heading "not at school." A certain number have
been dealt with under the Mental Deficiency Act; others are under the care of the Metropolitan Asylums Board as
the Poor Law Authority.
(d) The figures of the physically defectives in the ordinary schools are made up from the returns of three
years routine inspection and may include certain cases which also come under other categories. The greater number of
these cases would not be in any way certifiable as defective in the terms of the Elementary Education (Defective and
Epileptic Children) Acts, 1899 and 1914, the crippling not being of such an extent as to interfere with ordinary
education. At the last scheduling of the number of children who had been certified as suitable for admission to P.D.
schools only 34 cases were in attendance at ordinary schools.
(e) The figures refer to the number of children passed through the camps during the year (accommodation
31.12.20, Bushy 300, Margate 64.)