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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
Croydon 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| (b) Education Cases':— | ||
|---|---|---|
| In certified residential schools | 3 | |
| On roll of Grange wood Special School | 86 | |
| Awaiting vacancies at special school | 9 | |
| Resident at home | 21 | |
| 119 | ||
| 381 | ||
Examination and Visits by the Medical Officers.
Statutory Cases 83
Education Cases 184
267
Visits by the Mental Deficiency Visitor.
Statutory Cases 1196
Education Cases 834
2030
Additions to List of Statutory Cases during 1924.
During the year 43 names have been added to the list of statutory
cases—16 being new cases, 13 reported on reaching the age of
16, and 14 certified as ineducable—and 7 have been removed,
owing to death (5), or to removal (2) from the Borough.
Statutory Cases dealt with during 1924.
| Sent to Institutions | 12 |
| Placed under guardianship | 4 |
| To place of safety, pending guardianship | 1 |
| Discharged from Institutional care | 2 |
| Home on probation | 2 |
| To institution after trial on probation | 1 |
Education Cases dealt with during 1924.
Particulars are given in the school medical section of the
report.
GRANGEWOOD SPECIAL SCHOOL.
At the end of the year 86 children were in attendance at
Grange wood Special School. Systematic medical examination of
the children was made during the year in respect of their physical
condition and mental progress.