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Croydon 1930

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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TABLEIII.

Return of all Exceptional Children in the Area.

Boys.Girls.Total.Year 1929.
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.224336
Attending Public Elementary Schools..................
At other Institutions1...1.........
At no School or Institution...11.........
(ii) Suitable for training in a school or class for the partially blinded.Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Blind95149514
Attending Public Elementary Schools617516
At other Institutions..................
At no School or Institution............11
Total18927171027
DEAF (including deaf and dumb, and partially deaf).(i) Suitable for training in a school or class for the totally deal or deaf and dumb.Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Deaf49134812
Attending Public Elementary Schools..................
At other Institutions..................
At no School or Institution..................
(ii) Suitable for graining in a school or class for the partially deaf.Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Deaf112224
Attending Public Elementary Schools123...22
At other Institutions..................
At no School or Institution..................
Total6121861218
MENTALLY DEFECTIVE.Feeble-Minded (cases not notifiable to the Local Control Authority).Attending Certified Schools for Mentally Defective Children434487434386
Attending Public Elementary Schools86145914
At other Institutions............11
At no School or Institution7512358
Attending Private Schools336336
Notified to the Local Control Authority during the year.Feebleminded7916448
Imbeciles4...4358
Idiots...111...1
Total72681406270132
EPILEPTICS.Suffering from severe Epilepsy,Attending Certified Special Schools for Epileptics437336
In Institutions other than Certified Special Schools1...11...1
Attending Public Elementary Schools.........2...2
At no School or Institution...11...11
Suffering from Epilepsy which is not severe.Attending Public Elementary Schools119208614
At no School or Institution1...11...1
Total171330151025