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Acton 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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Physically Defective (continued):

Crippled Children (other than those with active tuberculous disease) who are suffering from a degree of crippling sufficiently severe to interfere materially with a child's normal mode of life: :

At Certified Hospital Schools
At Certified Residential Cripple Schools11
At Certified Day Cripple Schools213
At Certified Residential Open Air Schools
At Certified Day Open Air Schools
At Public Elementary Schools74(1)11(1)
At other Institutions
At no School or Institution123
Children with heart disease, i.e., children whose defect is so severe as to necessitate the provision of educational facilities other than those of the public elementary school:
At Certified Hospital Schools224
At Certified Residential Cripple Schools
At Certified Day Cripple Schools
At Certified Residential Open Air Schools
At Certified Day Open Air Schools
At other Institutions
At no School or Institution11

TABLE IV.

Return of Defects Treated during the Year ended 31st December , 1932. Treatment Table.

Group I.— Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group V.)

Disease or Defect.Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year.
Under the Authority's SchemeOtherwiseTotal
(1)(2)(3)(4)
Ringworm-Scalp44
Ringworm-Body22628
Scabies29332
Impetigo37815393
Other skin disease946100
(External and other, but excluding cases falling in Group II)
Minor Eve Defecs1772179
Minor Ear Defects1052107
Miscellaneops (e.g., minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.).94850998
Total1757841841