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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

London County Council 1928

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

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School, Penn, Bucks, and during the general epidemic period 5 cases of measles at
Ponton Road Place of Detention were reported.
In September, in consequence of a report that 14 boys at Portslade School
were isolated suffering from ringworm, an assistant superintendent of nurses from
the Public Health Department visited the school, but found that not one of the
boys in the school was suffering from ringworm.
Defective Children.
Admission
examinations

Table: The following table shows the number of children nominated for examination and the recommendations made:—

The following table shows the number of children nominated for examination and the recommendations made:—

Defect.Number nominated.Suitable for admission toReturned to elementary school.Invalided.Notified under M.D. Act.
OcularB.G.Blind school.Myope class.Swanley.B.G.B.G.B.G.
B.G.B.G.B.G.
523632242113915844512763344068——
Aural131135Deaf school.Hard of hearing class.83823———
B.G.B.G.
19272626
P.D786782P.D. school.Open-air school.1321678982——
B.G.B.G.
546527196
M.D1,204879M.D. school.647412925974*67*
B.G.
391341
Epileptic184163Epileptic colony.71823732——
B.G.
7649
2,8282,5911,2841,2061,2091,0772612417467
5,4192,4902,286502141

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*Of these, 69 boys and 52 girls were imbeciles; 3 boys and 14 girls were idiots; and 2 boys and 1 girl were
feeble-minded (1 boy and 1 girl suffering from post encephalitis lethargica and 1 boy from blindness and epilepsy).

Table: Examinations were also conducted in 107 cases with a view to ascertaining their fitness for education in industrial or reformatory schools with the following results:—

Examinations were also conducted in 107 cases with a view to ascertaining their fitness for education in industrial or reformatory schools with the following results:—

Recommended as suitable forBoys.Girls.Total.
Reformatory school17118
Industrial school521466
M.D. industrial school11—11
Dealt with under M.D. Act by being sent to institutions7411
Unfit for training (high myopia)1—]
8819107

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Rota visits
to the
schools.
The special schools were visited at least once a quarter and every child present
was seen at least once during the year, the total examinations amounting to 18,174;
in addition 732 special examinations were made of children already on the rolls of