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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Age group. | Inspected. | Found to require treatment. | Percentage requiring treatment. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entrants | 58,638 | 8,445 | 14.4 |
| Age 7 | 26,359 | 4,295 | 16.3 |
| Age 8 (preliminary examination only) | 43,262 | 5,893 | 13.6 |
| Age 8 (in detail) | 3,739 | 929 | 24.8 |
| Ago 11 | 53,552 | 8,800 | 16.4 |
| Leavers-age 13¾ | 63,633 | 9,701 | 15.2 |
| Total, elementary schools | 249,183 | 38,063 | 15.3 |
| „ special schools | 1,598 | 199 | 12.5 |
Table III.
(a)
| Classification. | At certified special schools. | At public elementary schools. | At other institutions* | At no school or institution | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Residential | |||||
| Blind children | - | 125 | - | 7 | 3† | 135 |
| Partially sighted children | 720 | - | 17 | 17 | - | 754 |
| Deaf children | 283 | 241 | - | 7 | 6‡ | 537 |
| Partially deaf children | 150 | - | 2 | 26 | - | 178 |
| Mentally defective children- | ||||||
| Feeble-minded children | 3,604 | 261 | 5§ | 9 | 7 | 3,886 |
| Epileptic children- | ||||||
| Children suffering from severe epilepsy | -_ | 122 | - | 34 | 13¶ | 169 |
| Physically defective children- | ||||||
| Tuberculous children- | ||||||
| Pulmonary | 124 | 291 | - | 24 | - | 439 |
| Non-pulmonary | 344 | 455 | - | 13 | - | 812 |
| Delicate children | 1,964 | 515 | 6,159 | 9 | - | 8,647 |
| Crippled children | 1,758 | 351†† | - | 11 | - | 2,120 |
| Children with heart disease | 1,821 | 221 | - | 34 | - | 2,076 |
* Undergoing treatment in general hospitals, etc.
†At time of report were awaiting admission to schools for the blind.
†Under enforceable age.
§ At time of report were awaiting admission to M. D. schools.
¶Awaiting admission to certified schools.
††Includes 25 children at Northern hospital (post encephalitis lethargica).
Of these 53 children were suitable for admission to open-air schools (O) but their parents refused
to allow their transfer to such schools. The remainder could not be certified as incapable by
reason of physical defect of receiving proper benefit from the instruction in the ordinary public
elementary schools, but they might have benefited from a period of open-air treatment.
(6)
| Defect. | Type of School. | At other institutions (Gen. hosp., etc.) | At no schl. | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day M.D. | Residential M.D. | Residential blind | Day deaf | Residential deaf | Epileptic colony | Day P.D. | Certified hospital schls. | ||||
| M.D. and deaf | 7 | - | - | 1 | 8 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 17 |
| M.D. and crippled | 46 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 16 | 2 | - | 69 |
| M.D. and heart | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 39 |
| M.D. and epileptic | 26 | - | - | - | - | 28 | - | - | - | - | 54 |
| M.D. and T.B | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | |
| M.D., cripple and heart | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| M.D., crippled and deaf | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| Blind and epileptic | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Blind and M.D. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Deaf and crippled | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Deaf and heart | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Epileptic and crippled | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 |
| Epileptic and heart | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | 7 |
| Epileptic and deaf | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Heart and crippled | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | - | - | - | 26 |
| Heart and T.B | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||
| 118 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 36 | 33 | 23 | 4 | - | 236 | |