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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
Barking 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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| Diagnosis | Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I. | (i) Children incapable of receiving benefit or further benefit from instruction in a Special School: | ||
| (a) Idiots | 1 | — | |
| (b) Imbeciles | — | — | |
| (c) Others | 2 | — | |
| (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 | 6 | 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 | — | — |
| GRAND TOTALS | 9 | 1 | |
Number of children for whom spectacles were prescribed :—
(a) Under the Authority's Scheme
(b) Otherwise
Total
613
65
678
Number of children who obtained spectacles :—
(a) Under the Authority's scheme
(b) Otherwise
Total
593
60
653