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Acton 1936

[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, 1930, BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION
AUTHORITY TO THE LOCAL MENTAL DEFICIENCY AUTHORITY.
Total number of children notified 5
Analysis of the above Total.
Diagnosis. Boys. Girls.
1. (i) Children incapable of receiving benefit or further
benefit from instruction in a Special School:
(а) Idiots — —
(b) Imbeciles — —
(c) Others — —
(ii) Children unable to be instructed in a Special
School without detriment to the interests of
other children:
(a) Moral defectives — —
(b) Others — —
2. Feeble-minded children notified on leaving a Special
School on or before attaining the age of 16 1 4
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 — —
Grand Total 1 4
We are,
Your Obedient Servants,
D. J. THOMAS.
E. MADELEY.