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London County Council 1938

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

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

Table II ( continued)

(b) Classification of the nutrition of children inspected during the year in the routine

age groups

Age groupNumber of children inspectedA (Excellent)B (Normal)C (Slightly subnormal)D (Bad)
No.PercentageNo.PercentageNo.PercentageNo.Percentage
Entrants47,3017,22915.2837,01778.263,0206.39350.07
Age 7 years39,0445,29113.5530,33677.703,3798.65380.10
„ 1141,5766,46015.5432,30877.712,7946.72140.03
„ 13¾ (leavers)42,0748,62620.5031,56975.031,8664.44130.03
Total, elementary169,99527,60616.24131,23077.2011,0596.501000.06
„ special sch.975959.7479981.95818.3100.00

Table: Table III(a)Exceptional children in London in1938

Table III

(a)Exceptional children in London in1938

ClassificationAt certified special schoolsAt public elementary schoolsAt other institutions*At no school or institutionTotal
Blind children113—11†115
Partially sighted children48921——510
Deaf children435—42‡441
Partially deaf children13634—143
Mentally defective children—
Feeble-minded children2,825—226**2,853
Epileptic children—
Children suffering from severe epilepsy85—6—91
Physically defective children—
Tuberculous children—
Pulmonary378—36—414
Non-pulmonary525—15—540
Delicate children2,3615,721||9—8,091
Crippled children1,791††—20—1,811
Children with heart disease1,805—19—1,824

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* Undergoing treatment in general hospitals, etc.
† Under instruction at home.
‡ under enforceable age and 1 under instruction at home,
†† Includes 10 children at Northern Hospital (post-encephalitis lethargica) and also non-cardiac cases
of chorea, rheumatism, etc.
|| Of these 48 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.
** Two under instruction at home and four under enforceable age.

Table: Table III (continued)(b)Return of children suffering from more than one defect,1938

Table III (continued)

(b)Return of children suffering from more than one defect,1938

DefectType of school
Day M.D.Resi-dential P.D.Residential deafEpileptic colonyDay P.D.Certified hospital schls.At other institutionsTotal
M.D. and deaf2—24————26
M.D. and crippled261--81—36
M.D. and heart25---3-129
M.D. and epileptic17--23---40
M.D. and T.B.—-———1—1
M.D., crippled and deaf--4---—4
Deaf and crippled--2----2
Blind M.D., and crippled—————1—1
Epileptic and crippled---4---4
Heart and crippled-1--15--16
Total70230272631159