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London County Council 1929

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

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School in Westminster, have been opened. Initial steps have been taken for the
inauguration of two more voluntary schools.
The Council has decided to build two experimental schools of the "detached"
type on sites at Columbia Market, Bethnal Green, and Old Church Road, Stepney,
each for 150 children. Plans have been approved for the two schools, which will
be wholly maintained by the Council.
Defective Children.
Admission
examinations.

Table: The total number of examinations conducted under the Education Act during the year was 24,026. 5,475 examinations with a view to admission to special schools were made. The following table shows the number of children nominated for examination and the recommendations made:—

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The total number of examinations conducted under the Education Act during the year was 24,026. 5,475 examinations with a view to admission to special schools were made. The following table shows the number of children nominated for examination and the recommendations made:—

Defect.	Number nominated.		Suitable for admission to								Returned to elementary school.		Invalided.		Notified under M.D. Acts.
Ocular	B.	G.	Blind school.			Myope class.		Swanley.			B.	G.	B.	G.		G.
	B.	G.	B.	G.		B.	G.	B.		G.	B.	G.	B.	G.		G.
	569	650	12	10		101	141	47		60	380	401	29	38	-	-
Aural	137	176	Deaf school.				Hard of hearing class.				77	95	8	3	-	-
			B.		G.		B.		G.
			27		37		25		41
P.D.	832	829	P.D. school.				Open-air school.				138	149	88	80	-	-
			B.		G.		B.		G.
			580		591		26		9
M.D.	1.181	772	M.D. school.								565	346	74	46	66*	54*
			B.				G.
			476				326
Epileptic	181	148	Epileptic colony.								88	64	37	39	-	-
			B.				G.
			56				45
	2,900	2,575	1,350				1,260				1,248	1,055	236	206	66	54
	5,475		2,610								2,303		442		120

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* Of these, 57 boys and 43 girls were imbeciles; 5 boys and 9 girls were idiots; and 4 boys and 2 girls were
feeble-minded.
Examinations were also conducted in 49 cases with a view to ascertaining their
fitness for education in industrial or reformatory schools.
Admission
examinations
P.D. schools.

Table: The following statement shows the nature of the conditions found among the children certified as suitable for admission to physically defective schools at the admission examinations during the year:—

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The following statement shows the nature of the conditions found among the children certified as suitable for admission to physically defective schools at the admission examinations during the year:—

Morbid conditions.	Boys.	Girls.	Total.	Morbid conditions.	Boys.	Girls.	Total.
Infantile paralysis	47	38	85	Non T.B. arthritis	5	8	13
Cerebral paralysis	7	14	21	Rheumatism, chorea, etc.
Various paralyses	30	12	42	Rheumatism, chorea, etc.	30	42	72
T.B. of bones and joints Osteomyelitis	102 17	69 8	171 25	Heart disease—
T.B. of bones and joints Osteomyelitis	102 17	69 8	171 25	Congenital	29	33	62
Rickets and resulting deformities	12	11	23	Acquired valvular	166	225	391
Rickets and resulting deformities	12	11	23	Non-valvular	53	68	121
Congenital deformities	20	27	47	Other diseases chiefly medical	38	20	58
Traumata and amputations	17	12	29	Other diseases chiefly medical	38	20	58
Traumata and amputations	17	12	29	Various chest conditions	7	4	11
					580	591	1,171

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Table: The total number of examinations conducted under the Education Act during the year was 24,026. 5,475 examinations with a view to admission to special schools were made. The following table shows the number of children nominated for examination and the recommendations made:—

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Table: The following statement shows the nature of the conditions found among the children certified as suitable for admission to physically defective schools at the admission examinations during the year:—