London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table III.
| Boys. | Girls. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attending certified schools or classes for the blind | 107 | 123 | 230 | |
| Attending public elementary schools | - | - | - | |
| At other institutions | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| At no school or institution | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| (2) Suitable for training in a school | Attending certified schools or | |||
| or class for the partially blind. | classes for the partially blind | 429 | 469 | 898 |
| Attending public elementary schools | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| At other institutions | — | — | — | |
| At no school or institution | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| (1) Suitable for training in a school class for the totally deaf or deaf and dumb. | Attending certified schools or classes for the deaf | 268 | 233 | 501 |
| Attending public elementary schools | 1 | _ | I | |
| At other institutions | 28 | 23 | 51 | |
| At no school or institution | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| (2) Suitable for training in a school or class for the partially deaf. | Attending certified schools or classes for the partially deaf | 80 | 92 | 172 |
| Attending public elementary schools | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| At other institutions | 1 | — | 1 | |
| At no school or institution | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Feeble-minded (cases not notifiable to the local control authorities.) | Attending certified schools for mentally defective children | 2,747 | 1,974 | 4,721 |
| Attending public elementary schools | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| At other institutions | 135 | 68 | 203 | |
| At no school or institution | 66 | 37 | 103 | |
| Suffering from severe epilepsy | Attending certified schools for epileptics | 92 | 70 | 162 |
| In institutions other than certified special schools | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| A ttending public elementary schools | 4 | 4 | ||
| At no school or institution | 43 | 60 | 103 | |
| Suffering from epilepsy which is not severe. | Attending public elementary schools:— | |||
| Ordinary | 227 | 211 | 438 | |
| Special | 47 | 36 | 83 | |
| At no school or institution | — | — | — | |
| At sanatoria or sanatorium schools approved by the Ministry of Health or the Board of Education | 87 | 157 | 244 | |
| At certified day open-air schools | 131 | 103 | 234 | |
| At other institutions | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| At no school or institution | 36 | 33 | 69 | |