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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 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: BLIND, DEAF, EPILEPTIC AND PHYSICALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN.Table III., at the end of this report shews that the numbers known as are follows : —

BLIND, DEAF, EPILEPTIC AND PHYSICALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN.

Table III., at the end of this report shews that the numbers known as are follows : —

Blind22*
Deaf12*
Mentally defective (and still under care of Education Committee114
Epileptic—severe grade9
slighter grade13
Physically defective—
Infectious pulmonary and glandular tuberculosis5
Non-infectious, but active glandular tuberculosis94
Active non-pulmonary tuberculosis35
Delicate (pre-tubercular, anæmia, etc.)127
Crippled (other than tuberculosis)159

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(*i.e., blind and deaf in regard to capacity for education in an ordinary school).
Table III. in the Appendix indicates the extent to which suitable
educational provision has been made for these children.
Mentally Defective Children.
It will be seen from Table III. at the end of the report that
there are 114 mentally defective children of school age in the
Borough known to the School Medical Department as capable of
some degree of education in a special school.
Of these, 76 were on the roll of the Grangewood Special
School at the end of the year.
Clinic for Mentally Defective Children.
95 children were examined at the Clinic held at the Town
Hall, involving 106 examinations, with the following results:—
results:—
1.—(a) Certified as mentally defective 23
—(b) Confirmed as mentally defective 7
2.—Found to be dull and backward 48
(retarded 1—2 years, 24; retarded 2—3 years, 20;
over 3 years, 4.)
3.—Found to be physically defective 6
4.—Found to be of normal intelligence 7
5.—Referred for re-examination 4
134