Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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TABLE 111.—
Physically Defective Children. A.—Tuberculous Children. I.—Children Suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis. (Including pleura and intra-thoracic glands.)
At Certified Special Schools | At Public Elementary Schools | At other Institutions | At no School or Institution | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 (-) | 1 (7) | 2 (-) | - (-) | 4 (7) |
II.—Children Suffering from Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
(This category includes tuberculosis of all sites other than those shown in (I) above.)
At Certified Special Schools | At Public Elementary Schools | At other Institutions | At no School or Institution | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
6 (3) | 16 (25) | 7 (-) | 2 (-) | 31 (28) |
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
Physically Defective Children—Tuberculous.
Attendance at a Tuberculosis Dispensary, subsequent to active treatment, has
been looked upon as preventive treatment, and therefore treatment within the meaning
of the Table.
The figures in brackets under this section denote children who are notified cases
of Tuberculosis and are therefore attending a Tuberculosis Dispensary, but in whose
case the disease has been declared "arrested" although the children cannot yet be said
to be "recovered."
B.—D elicate Children.
At Certified Special Schools | At Public Elementary Schools | At other Institutions | At no School or Institution | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
64 | 6 | — | 2 | 72 |