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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 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: TableIII.—Continued.

TableIII.—Continued.

Boys.Girls.Total.
PHYSICALLY DEFECTIVE.Tuberculosisof otherOrgans (skin, etc.)At Sanatoria or Hospital Schools approved by the Ministry of Health or the Board.........
At Public Elementary Schools.........
At other Institutions.........
At no School or Institution.........
Delicate Children all children (except those included in other groups) whose general health renders lt desirable that they should be specially selected for admission to an Open Air School.At Certified Residential Cripple Schools.........
At Certified Day Cripple Schools.........
At Certified Residential Open Air Schools.........
At Certified Day Open Air Schools.........
At Public Elementary Schools7310
At other Institutions.........
At no School or Institution112
CrippledChildren (other than those with active tuberculous disease), who are suffering from a degree of crippling sufficiently severe to interfere materially with a child's normal mode of life.At Certified Hospital Schools...11
At Certified Residential Cripple Schools2...2
At Certified Day Cripple Schools314677
At Certified Residential Open Air Schools.........
At Certified Day Open Air Schools.........
At Public Elementary Schools111122 (6)*
At other Institutions224
At no School or Institution145 (4)*
Children with Heart Disease e.g., children whose defect is so severe as to necessitate the provision of educational fa cilities other than those of the public elementary schoolAt Certified Hospital Schools.........
At Certified Residential Cripple Schools...11
At Certified Day Cripple Schools.........
At Certified Residential Open Air Schools.........
At Certified Day Open Air Schools.........
At Public Elementary Schools7815
At other Institutions...11
At no School or Institution448

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MULTIFLE DEFECTS.
Crippling and Mentally Defective—Two boys attending Certified School
for Mentally Defectives.
Crippling and Epilepsy—One girl attending Certified Day Cripple School.
*The figures in parenthesis indicate the number of these children who
should be receiving special school education.