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Acton 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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STATEMENT OF THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN" NOTIFIED DURING
THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1932, BY THE LOCAL
AUTHORITY TO THE LOCAL MENTAL DEFICIENCY AUTHORITY
Total number of children notified 11
Analysis of the above Total.
Diagnosis. Boys.
1. (i) Children incapable of receiving benefit or further benefit
from instruction in a Special School:
(a) Idiots 2 1
(b) Imbeciles 2 1
(c) Others — —
(ii) Children unable to be instructed in a Special School without
detriment to the interests of other children :
(а) Moral defectives — —
(B) Others — —
2 Feeble-minded children notified on leaving a Special School
on or before attaining the age of 16 1 —
3. Feeble-minded children notified under Article 3, i.e., "special
circumstances" cases — —
4. Children who in addition to being mentally defective were
blind or deaf — 1
Grand Tota 5 6
We are,
Your obedient servants,
D. J. THOMAS,
N. G. HOWELL.