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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 1936

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

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Table: Table II (cont.) (b) Classification of the nutrition of children inspected during the year in the routineage groups

Table II (cont.) (b) Classification of the nutrition of children inspected during the year in the routineage groups

Age GroupNumber of children inspectedA (Excellent)B (Normal)C (Slightly subnormal)D (Bad.)
No.PercentageNo.PercentageNo.PercentageNo.Percentage
Entrants50,5087,61815.0839,72578.653,1236.19420.08
Age 7 years37,2645,28314.1828,96877.742,9918.02220.06
„ 8 (prelim.)—————————
,, 8 (detailed)1,97728214.261,51276.4818091.130.15
„ 1148,0667,71816.0637,30977.622,9926.22470.10
„ 13¾ (leavers)48,89510,15320.7636,90275.481,8293.74110.20
Total, elementary186,71031,05416.63144,41677.3511,1155.951250.07
„ special sch.1,22612510.2099380.991088.81——

Table: Table III (a) Exceptional children in London in 1936

Table III (a) Exceptional children in London in 1936

ClassificationAt certified special schoolsAt public elementary schoolsAt other institutions*At no school or institutionTotalPer 1,000 on Roll
Blind children11133†117.2
Partially sighted children5741526—6151.2
Deaf children460—34‡467.9
Partially deaf children12856—139.3
Mentally defective children—
Feeble-minded children3,3275§1611**3,3596.6
Epileptic children—
Children suffering from severe epilepsy117—44¶125.2
Physically defective children—
Tuberculous children—
Pulmonary352—18—370.7
Non-pulmonary639—12—6511.2
Delicate children2,8117,132||7—9,95019.6
Crippled childrenl,900††—16—1,9163.8
Children with heart disease2,008—23—2,0314.0

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* 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 20 children at Northern hospital (post-encephalitis lethargica).
|| Of these 85 children were suitable for admission to open-air schools (O) but their parents refused
to allow their transfer to such schools or the children were awaiting admission. The
remainder could not be certified as incapable by reason of physical defect of receiving proper
benefit from instruction in the ordinary public elementary schools, but they might have
benefited from a period of open-air treatment.
** Four under instruction at home and seven under enforceable age.