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Barking 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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FORM 307M.—STATEMENT OF THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN NOTIFIED
DURING THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1937, BY THE LOCAL
EDUCATION AUTHORITY TO THE LOCAL MENTAL DEFICIENCY
AUTHORITY.
Total No. 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 : | ||
| (a) Idiots ... | — | — | |
| (b) Imbeciles | — | 1 | |
| (c) Others | — | 1 | |
| (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 ... | 2 | 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 | 2 | 3 | |