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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 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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(6) Children found at routine medical inspection to require treatment (excluding uncleanliness and denial disease).
| Age group. | Inspected. | Found to require treatment. | Percentage requiring treatment. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entrants | 68,283 | 12,220 | 17.9 |
| Age 8 | 58,195 | 11,756 | 20.2 |
| Age 12 | 53,767 | 10,094 | 18.8 |
| Leavers (age 13¾) | 38,754 | 6,594 | 17.0 |
| Total, elementary schools | 218,999 | 40,664 | 18.6 |
| „ special schools | 1,601 | *250 | 15.6 |
| * Not including special defects for which the children are in the special schools. | |||
Table III. (a) Exceptional children in London in 1931.
| Boys. | Girls. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blind (including partially blind). | ||||
| (1) Suitable for training in a school or class for the totally blind. | Attending certified schools or classes for the blind | 110 | 106 | 216 |
| Attending public elementary schools | — | - | - | |
| At other institutions | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| At no school or institution | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| (2) Suitable for training in a school or class for the partially blind. | Attending certified schools or classes for the partially blind | 378 | 479 | 857 |
| Attending public elementary schools | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| At other institutions | — | — | — | |
| At no school or institution | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Deaf (including deaf and dumb and partially deaf). | ||||
| (1) Suitable for training in a school class for the totally deaf or deaf and dumb. | Attending certified schools or classes for the deaf | 278 | 236 | 514 |
| Attending public elementary schools | — | — | — | |
| At other institutions | 22 | 23 | 45 | |
| 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 | 71 | 96 | 167 | |
| Attending public elementary | ||||
| schools | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| At other institutions | — | — | — | |
| At no school or institution | — | — | — | |
| Mentally defective. | ||||
| Feeble-minded (cases not notifiable to the local control authorities.) | Attending certified schools for mentally defective children | 2,640 | 1,942 | 4,582 |
| Attending public elementary schools* | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| At other institutions | 145 | 70 | 215 | |
| At no school or institution | 60 | 43 | 103 | |
| Epileptics. | ||||
| Suffering from severe epilepsy | Attending certified schools for epileptics | 95 | 63 | 158 |
| In institutions other than certified | _ | — | _ | |
| special schools | ||||
| Attending public elementary schoolst | — | — | — | |
| At no school or institution | 41 | 40 | 81 | |
| Suffering from epilepsy which is not severe. | Attending public elementary schools | 210 | 200 | 410 |
| At no school or institution | — | — | — | |