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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Post-suppurative otitis media | Grade | I | 38 | 64 |
| ,, | Ila | 19 | ||
| ,, | lib | 6 | ||
| ,, | III | 1 | ||
| — | ||||
| Suppurative otitis media (unknown origin) | I | 23 | 41 | |
| ,, | Ila | 8 | ||
| lib | 8 | |||
| ,, | III | 2 | ||
| — | ||||
| Suppurative otitis media (due to infectious disease) | ,, | I | 15 | 30 |
| ,, | Ila | 4 | ||
| ,, | lib | 8 | ||
| ,, | III | 3 | ||
| — | ||||
| Suppurative otitis media (due to other conditions) | ,, | I | 7 | 16 |
| ,, | Ila | 5 | ||
| ,, | lib | 4 | ||
| ,, | — | |||
| Middle ear catarrh (due to various causes) | ,, | I | 71 | ,, |
| ,, | Ila | 15 | ||
| lib | 13 | |||
| — | ||||
| Suppurative otitis media and middle-ear catarrh ... | ,, | I | 13 | 22 |
| ,, | Ila | 7 | ||
| ,, | lib | 2 | ||
| Otosclerosis | ,, | I | 1 | |
| Wax | I | 4 | ||
| Meningitis | ,, | III | 2 | |
| Nerve deafness due to injury | ,, | lib | 2 | 7 |
| ,, | III | 5 | ||
| _ | ||||
| Nerve deafness due to infectious fevers | ,, | I | 1 | |
| ,, | lib | 6 | ||
| ,, | III | 8 | ||
| — | 15 | |||
| Nerve deafness (unknown cause) | lib | 1 | ||
| Mixed deafness due to infectious disease | ,,, | Ila | 1 | 2 |
| ,, | III | 1 | ||
| _ | ||||
| ,, | lib | 1 | 9 | |
| ,, | III | 8 | ||
| _ | ||||
| Sporadic deaf birth | ,, | III | 30 | |
| ,, | I | 7 | 19 | |
| ,, | lib | 8 | ||
| ,, | III | |||
| _ |
Mental
Deficiency
Acts : cases
notified to
the local
authority
There are 428 children in schools for the deaf, and 137 in those for the partially
deaf. During the vear Mr. Wells made 739 examinations at these schools.
The following table shows the number of children notified by the education authority under section 2 (2) of the Mental Deficiency Act, 1913, as amended by the Mental Deficiency Act, 1927, during the year 1937 (the figures in brackets being those for the previous year):—
| (a) Feeble-minded— | Boys | Girls | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) Leavers | 269 | (295) | 210 | (268) |
| (2) Detrimental | 1 | (5) | 4 | |
| (3) Special circumstances | 1 | 3 | (5) | |
| (4) Ineducable | 27 | (22) | 23 | (14) |
| 51 | (47) | 49 | (28) | |
| (cj Idiots | 5 | (2) | 4 | (5) |
| 2 | (1) | _ | (2) | |
| 356 | (372) | 293 | (322) | |
| Total | 649 (694) | |||