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

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London County Council 1929

[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 deaf7387160
Attending public elementary schools—33
At other institutions1—1
At no school or institution1—1
Mentally defective.
Feeble-minded (cases not notifiable to the Local Control Authorities)Attending certified schools for mentally defective children2,9012,0844,985
Attending public elementary schools246
*At other Institutions455177632
At no school or institution8949138
Epileptics.
Suffering from severe epilepsyAttending certified special schools for epileptics8863151
In institutions other than certified special schools10313
† † Attending public elementary schools8311
At no school or institution384987
Suffering from epilepsywhich is not severe (Note.—This includes children under observation on account of a suspicion of possible epilepsy.)Attending public elementary schools—
Ordinary240212452
Special583694
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 Board of Education87134221
At certified day open-air schools13795232
At other institutions112
At no school or institution181634
Non-infectious but active pulmonary and glandular tuberculosis*At sanatoria or sanatorium schools approved by the Ministry of Health or the Board of Education147184331
At certified residential open-air schoolx———
At certified day open-air schools205143348
‡At public elementary schools453580
At other institutions134
At no school or institution———
Delicate children {e.g., pre- or latent tuberculosis, malnutrition, debility, anaemia,etc.)At certified residential open-air schools2,8671,5024,369
At certified day open-air schools1,2228572,079
At public elementary schools3,3942,9206,314
*At other institutions150152302
At no school or institution9888186
Active non-pulmonary tuberculosis (Note.—Cases of more or less quiescent tuberculosis attend the special day cripple schools) *At sanatoria or hospital schools approved by the Ministry of Health or the Board of Education5954581,053
†At public elementary schools181533
At other institutions—11
At no school or institution202444
Crippled children (other than those with active tuberculopis), e.g., children suffering from paralysis, etc., and including those with severe heart diseaseAt certified hospital schools191938
At certified residential cripple schools181129
*At certified day cripple schools1,9581,9533,911
At public elementary schools8948621,756
*At other institutions362270632
At no school or institution216338554

# Some of ttiese may have come to the notice of the school medical officer, but have been dealt wit0h
throughout by the guardians.
† Discovered at medical inspections and referred for treatment.
††Awaiting admission to colonv.
** These figures include 1,000 children suffering from non-pulmonary tuberculosis more or less
quiescent, or from the after-effects of such disease.