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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

Acton 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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Table: B. Number of Individual Children found at Routine Medical Inspection to Require Treatment (excluding Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases).

B. Number of Individual Children found at Routine Medical Inspection to Require Treatment (excluding Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases).

GroupNumber of ChildrenPercentage of Children found to require Treatment
InspectedFound to require Treatment.
(1)(2)(3)(4)
Code Groups:—
Entrants102415314.9%
Intermediates85916318.7%
Leavers5866410.9%
Total (Code Groups)246938015.3%
Other Routine Inspections---

Table: TABLEIII.Return of all Exceptional Children in the Area.

TABLEIII.

Return of all Exceptional Children in the Area.

Multiple Defects.-see specimen copy.Boys.Girls.Total.
Bund (including partially blind):
Suitable for training in a School for the totally blind:
At Certified Schools for the Blind112
At Public Elementary Schools---
At other Institutions---
At no School or Institution---
Suitable for training in a School for the partially blind:
At Certified Schools for the Blind or Partially Blind---
At Public Elementary Schools---
At other Institutions1-1
At no School or Institution-11
Deaf (including deaf and dumb and partially deaf):Suitable for training in a School for the totally deaf or deaf and -dumb:
At Certified Schools for the Deaf-44
At Public Elementary Schools213
At other Institutions---
At no School or Institution---
Suitable for training in a School for the partially deaf:
At Certified Schools for the Deaf or Partially Deaf---
At Public Elementary Schools112
At other Institutions---
At no School or Institution---
Mentally Defective:
Feebleminded:
At Certified Schools for Mentally Defective Children281644
At Public Elementarv Schools19827