London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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London County Council 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Deaf—continued.Boys.Girls.Total.
(ii.) Suitable for training in a school or class for the partially deafAttending Certified Schools or Classes for the partially deaf7276148
Attending Public Elementary Schools4610
At other Institutions
At no School or Institution11
Mentally defective.
Feeble-minded (cases not notifiable to the Local Control Authorities)Attending Certified Schools for Mentally Defective Children3,7452,8896,634
Attending Public Elementary Schools6814
At other Institutions293195488
At no School or Institution5761118
Notified to the Local Control Authority during the yearFeeble-minded5361114
Imbeciles7264136
Idiots71219
Epileptics.
Suffering from severe epilepsyAttending Certified Special Schools for Epileptics464086
In Institutions other than Certified Special Schools232043
††Attending Public Elementary Schools213
At no School or Institution109101210
Suffering from epilepsy which is not severeAttending Public Elementary SchoolsOrdinary260263523
Special10077177
At no School or Institution
Physically defective.
Infectious pulmonary and glandular tuberculosis*At Sanatoria or Sanatorium Schools approved by the Ministry of Health or the Board137167304
At Certified Day Open-air Schools146107253
At other Institutions336
At no school or Institution272956
Non-infectious but active pulmonary and glandular tuberculosis*At Sanatoria or Sanatorium Schools approved by the Ministry of Health or the Board362359
At Certified Residential Open-air Schools
At Certified Day Open-air Schools9772169
‡At Public Elementary Schools7264136
At other Institutions112
Delicate children (e.g., pre- or latent tuberculosis, malnutrition debility, anosmia,etc.At no School or Institution
At Certified Residential Open-air Schools3,4641,0874,551
At Certified Day Open-air Schools7103911,101
At Public Elementary Schools3,8223,7087,530
*At other Institutions12197218
At no School or Institution204189393
Active non-pulmonarj tuberculosis*At Sanatoria or Hospital Schools approved by the Ministry of Health or the Board422373795
(Note.—Cases of more 01 less quiescent tuberculosis attend the special Day Cripple Schools)JAt Public Elementary Schools5454108
At other Institutions347
At no School or Institution231841
Crippled children (other than those with active tubercu lous disease), e.g. children suffering from paralysis, etc. and including those with severe heart diseaseAt Certified Hospital Schools71825
At Certified Residential Cripple Schools171027
**At Certified Day Cripple Schools2,1192,0574,176
At Public Elementary Schools1,5481,9833,531
*At other Institutions381224605
At no School or Institution218381600

* Some of these may not have come to the notice of the School Medical Officer, but have been dealt
with throughout by the Guardians.
‡Discovered at medical inspections and referred for treatment,
††Awaiting admission to Colonv.
** These figures include about 1,000 children suffering either from non-pulmonary tuberculosis more or
leas quiescent, or from the after-effects of such disease.