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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TABLE III.
Return of all Exceptional Children in the Area.
| Boys. | Girls. | Total. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children suffering from the following types of Multiple Defect, i.e , any combination of Total Blindness, Total Deafness, Mental Defect, Epilepsy, Active Tuberculosis, Crippling (as defined in penultimate category of the Table), or Heart Disease | ... | ... | ... | ||
| The actual combination of defects and the type of School, if any, attended should be indicated on a separate sheet. | |||||
| BLIND (including partially blind.) | (i) Suitable for training in a school for the totally blind. | At Certified Schools for the Blind | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| At Public Elementary Schools | ... | ... | ... | ||
| At other Institutions | ... | ... | ... | ||
| At no School or Institution | 1 | ... | 1 | ||
| (ii) Suitable for training in a school for the partially blind. | At Certified Schools for the Blind or Partially Blind | 16 | 8 | 24 | |
| At Public Elementary Schools | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||
| At other Institutions | ... | ... | ... | ||
| At no School or Institution | ... | ... | ... | ||
| DEAF (including deaf and dumb, and partially deaf). | (i) Suitable fortraining in a school for the totally deaf and dumb. | At Certified Schools for the Deal | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| At Public Elementary Schools ... | |||||
| At other Institutions | ... | ... | ... | ||
| At no School or Institution | ... | ... | ... | ||
| (ii) Suitable for training in a school for the partially deaf. | At Certified Schools for the Deaf or Partially Deaf | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| At Public Elementary Schools | ... | 1 | ... | ||
| At other Institutions | ... | ... | ... | ||
| At no School or Institution | ... | ... | ... | ||
| MENTALLY DEFECTIVE. | Feebleminded | At Certified Schools for Mentally Defective Children | 57 | 57 | 114 |
| At Public Elementary Schools .. | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| At other Institutions | ... | ||||
| At no School or Institution | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Notified to the Local Mental Deficiency Authority during the year. | Details should be given on Form 307 m. | ... | ... | ... | |
| EPILEPTICS. | Suffering from severe Epilepsy. | At Certified Schools for Epileptics | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| At Certified Residential Open Air Schools | |||||
| At Certified Day Open Air Schools | |||||
| At Public Elementary Schools | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| At other Institutions | ... | ... | ... | ||
| At no School or Institution | 1 | 3 | |||
| Suffering from Epilepsy which is not severe. | At Public Elementary Schools | 11 | 9 | 20 | |
| At no School or Institution | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||