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 III—RETURN OF ALL EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN IN THE AREA.
Boys. | Girls. | Total. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blind (including partially blind.) | (I.) Suitable for training in a School or Class for the totally blind. | Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Blind | - | - | - |
Attending Public Elementary Schools | - | - | - | ||
At other Institutions | - | - | - | ||
At no School or Institution | - | - | - | ||
(II.) Suitable for training in a School or Class for the partially blind. | Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Blind | - | 1 | 1 | |
Attending Public Elementary Schools | - | - | - | ||
At other Institutions | - | - | - | ||
At no School or Institution... | - | - | - | ||
Deaf (including deaf and dumb and partially deaf.) | (I.) Suitable for training in a School or Class for the totally deaf or deaf and dumb. | Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Deaf | 3 | 6 | 9 |
Attending Public Elementary Schools | - | - | - | ||
At other Institutions | — | — | — | ||
At no School or Institution... | 1 | - | 1 | ||
(II.) Suitable for training in a School or Class for partially deaf. | Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Deaf | - | - | - | |
Attending Public Elementary Schools | - | - | - | ||
At other Institutions | - | - | - | ||
At no School or Institution | — | - | — | ||
Mentally Defective | Feeble Minded cases not notifiable to the Local Control Authority. | Attending Certified Schools for Mentally Defective Children | 21 | 22 | 43 |
Attending Public Elementary Schools | - | - | - | ||
At other Institutions | — | — | — | ||
At no School or Institution... | — | — | — | ||
Notified to the Local Control Authority during the year. | Feebleminded | - | - | - | |
Imbeciles | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Idiots | - | - | - | ||
Epilepsy. | Suffering from severe Epilepsy. | Attending Certified Special Schools for Epileptics | 1 | 2 | 3 |
In Institutions other than Certified Special Schools | - | 1 | 1 | ||
Attending Public Elementary Schools | - | - | - | ||
At no School or Institution | - | - | |||
Suffering from Epilepsy which is not severe. | Attending Public Elementary Schools | 6 | 4 | 9 | |
At no School or Institution | - | - | - |