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London County Council 1932

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

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Table: Source of reference. (New cases of school age.)

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Source of reference. (New cases of school age.)

Care committees	112
School authorities (other than care committees)	47
Spontaneous	45
Hospitals	32
Private doctors	24
Probation officers	7
Other sources	27
Total	294

Table: Diagnosis.

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Diagnosis.

Nervousness	158
Behaviour problems	115
Enuresis	91
Organic or mental diseases	68
Backwardness	29
Certifiably defective	25
Delinquency	13
Intelligence quotient only	3
Total	502

Table: The number of cases discharged during the year was 242, leaving 260 cases still in hand at the end of the year. The 242 cases discharged may be classified as follows:

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The number of cases discharged during the year was 242, leaving 260 cases still in hand at the end of the year. The 242 cases discharged may be classified as follows:

Improved	114
Partially adjusted	56
No improvement	47
Not suitable for treatment	25
Total	242

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Admission
examinations.
Defective children.

Table: The following table shows the number of children nominated for examination and the recommendations made :—

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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 as for the time unfit for any school.		Notified under M.D. Acts.
	Boys.	Girls.	BUnd school.			Myope class.		Swanley.			Boys-	Girls.	Boys.	Girls.	Boys.	Girls
	Boys.	Girls.	Boys.	Girls.		Boys	Girls.	Boys.		Girls.	Boys-	Girls.	Boys.	Girls.	Boys.	Girls
Ocular	037	808	16	9		84	103	94		113	424	560	19	23	_	_
Ocular	Deaf school.						Hard of hearing class.
Aural	143	122	Boys.		Girls.		Boys.		Girls.		63	62	5	3	-	-
Aural	143	122	30		26		45		31		63	62	5	3	-	-
			P.D. school.			Day open-air school.		Residential P.D. school.
Physicallydefective	862	869	Boys.	Girls.		Boys.	Girls.	Boys.		Girls.
			564	564		22	12	54		32	185	204	37	57	—	—
			M.D. school.
			Boys.				Girls.1
Mentally defective 1,102		723	434				282				591	344	43	50	*34	*47
		Epileptic colony.
		Boys.					Girls
Epileptic	93	71	22				12				48	30	23	29	—	—
Total cases	2,837	2,593	1,365				1,184				1,311	1,200	127	162	34	47
Total cases	5,430		2,549								2,511		289		81

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*Of these 25 boys and 40 girls were imbeciles ; 4 boys and 1 girl were idiots; and 5 boys and 6 girls were
feeble-minded.

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London County Council 1932

Table: Source of reference. (New cases of school age.)

Table: Diagnosis.

Table: The number of cases discharged during the year was 242, leaving 260 cases still in hand at the end of the year. The 242 cases discharged may be classified as follows:

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Table: The following table shows the number of children nominated for examination and the recommendations made :—

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