Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE 8.—NUMERICAL RETURN OF ALL EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN IN THE AREA IN 1923.
Boys | Girls | Total | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Attending Public Elementary Schools | — | — | — | |||
Attending Certified Schools for the Blind | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
Not at School | — | — | — | |||
Attending Public Elementary Schools | — | — | — | |||
Attending Certified Schools for the Deaf | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||
Not at School | — | 1 | I | |||
Feeble Minded. | Attending Public Elementary Schools | — | — | — | ||
Attending Certified Schools for Mentally Defective Children | 10 | 13 | 23 | |||
Notified to Local Control Authority by Local Education Authority during year | 4 | 5 | 9 | |||
Not at School | — | — | — | |||
Imbeciles. | At School | _ | _ | — | ||
Not at School | 6 | 7 | 13 | |||
Idiots | — | — | — | |||
Attending Public Elementary Schools | — | — | — | |||
Attending Certified Schools for Epileptics | 2 | — | 2 | |||
In Institutions other than Certified Schools | — | — | — | |||
Not at School | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Attending Public Elementary Schools | 31 | 22 | 53 | ||
Attending Certified Schools for Phy. Def. Children | — | — | — | |||
In Institutions other than Certified Schools (Sanatoria) | — | — | — | |||
Not at School | — | — | — | |||
Crippling due to Tuberculosis. | Attending Public Elementary Schools | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||
Attending Certified Schools for Phy. Def. Children | — | 2 | 2 | |||
In Institutions other than Certified Schools | — | — | — | |||
Not at School | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
Crippling due to other causes than Tuberculosis,i.e.: | Attending Public Elementary Schools | 14 | 9 | 23 | ||
Attending Certified Schools | — | — | — | |||
Paralysis. Rickets. Traum atism. | In Institutions other than Certified Schools | — | — | — | ||
Not at School | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
Other Physical Defectives,e.g.— | Attending Public Elementary Schools | 98 | 106 | 204 | ||
Delicate and other | Attending Open-air Schools | — | — | — | ||
Children suitable for admission to Open-air Schools. Children suffering from Severe | Attending Certified Schools for Phy. Def. Children other than Open-air Schools | — | — | — | ||
Heart Disease. | Not at School | 2 | 3 | 5 |