Table:
| Disease or defect. | Routine inspections. | Special inspections. |
|---|
| Defects. | Defects. |
|---|
| Requiring treatment | Requiring observation. | Requiring treatment. | Requiring observation only. |
|---|
| E.S. | S.S. | E.S. | S.S |
|---|
| Tuberculosis— | | | | | | |
| Pulmonary—Definite | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | 2 |
| Suspected | 15 | — | 55 | — | 42 | 107 |
| Glands | 13 | — | 16 | — | 18 | 12 |
| Spine | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 2 |
| Hip | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | 5 |
| Bones and joints | — | — | 6 | — | 5 | 3 |
| Skin | 4 | — | — | — | 3 | 3 |
| Other forms | 4 | — | 9 | — | 10 | 17 |
| Nervous— | | | | | | |
| Epilepsy | 35 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 112 | 78 |
| Chorea | 112 | 1 | 62 | 1 | 283 | 187 |
| Paralysi | 32 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 240 | 129 |
| Other conditions | 183 | — | 209 | — |
| Deformities— | | | | | | |
| Rickets | 118 | 1 | 32 | — | 49 | 23 |
| Spinal curvature | 670 | — | 175 | 3 | 167 | 38 |
| Other | 660 | 5 | 398 | — | 203 | 61 |
| Other conditions | 3,265 | 18 | 1,459 | 7 | 4,127 | 1,390 |
| | | | | (including 659 mentil cases) | (including 226 mental cases) |
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Table: Children found at routine medical inspection to require treatment (b) (excluding uncleanliness and dental disease).
Children found at routine medical inspection to require treatment (b) (excluding uncleanliness and dental disease).
| Age group. | Inspected. | Found to require treatment. | Percentage requiring treatment. |
| Entrants | 76,024 | 13,072 | 17.2 |
| Age 8 | 66,643 | 13,496 | 20.3 |
| Age 12 | 46,477 | 9,397 | 20.2 |
| Leavers (age 13¾) | 57,129 | 10,058 | 17.6 |
| Total Elementary Schools | 246,273 | 46,023 | 18.7 |
| Total Special Schools | 1,763 | 265 | 15.0 |
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Table: TABLE III.Exceptional Children in London in 1929.
TABLE III.Exceptional Children in London in 1929.
| Blind (including partially blind)—- | | Boys. | Girls. | Total. |
| (i) Suitable for training in a school or class for the totally blind | Attending certified schools or classes for the blind | 110 | 111 | 221 |
| Attending public elementary schools | — | — | — |
| At other institutions | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| At no school or institution | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| (ii) Suitable for training in a school or class for the partially blind | Attending certified schools or classes for the partially blind | 436 | 478 | 914 |
| Attending public elementary schools | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| At other institutions | — | — | — |
| At no school or institution | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Deaf (including deaf and dumb and partially deaf)— | | | | |
| (i) Suitable for training in a school or class for the totally deaf or deaf and dumb | Attending certified schools or classes for the deaf | 285 | 231 | 516 |
| Attending public elementary schools | — | — | — |
| At other institutions | 24 | 22 | 46 |
| At no school or institution | 4 | 2 | 6 |
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