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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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attendance and for similar reasons. As a result of the rota visits and the re-examinations the following re-classifications took place:—
| Transferred from schools for | Re-classified for transfer to— | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P.D. school. | M.D. school. | Sight saving school. | Blind school. | Deaf school. | Hard of hearing school. | Open- air school. | Epileptic colony. | |
| - | - | - | - | _ | ||||
| - | - | - | ||||||
| _ | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| _ | _ | _ | _ | - | - | - | ||
| — | _ | - | — | - | - | - | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
After trial in a special school, 89 children were excluded (70 as imbecile, 16 as
feeble-minded ineducable and 3 as feeble minded "detrimental") and 36 were
invalided on medical grounds.
There were also 596 cases returned, on improvement, to elementary schools, or, when over 14 years of age, deemed to be no longer certifiable and allowed to leave school. The details are as follow:—
| Acton taken. | Special school classification. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P.D. | M.D. | Blind. | Deaf. | Sight saving. | Hard of hearing. | Total. | |
| _ | - | ||||||
Decertification
of P.D.
children.
The following table classifies the children who improved to such an extent that they were able to return from the schools for physically defective children to the ordinary elementary schools, or were "no longer certifiable" as defective between the ages of 14 and 16 years :—
| Defect. | Cases passed no longer certifiable. | Cases passed fit to return to elementary schools. |
|---|---|---|
| — | ||
| — | — | |
| _ | ||