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Croydon 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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II.— Children Suffering from Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
(This category includes tuberculosis of all sites other than those shown in (I) above.)
At
Certified
Special
Schools.
At
Public
Elementary
Schools.
At
other
Institutions.
At
no School
or
Institution.
Total.
6
11
5
4
26
B. Delicate Children.
This Section is confined to children (except those included in other groups) whose general
health renders it desirable that they should be specially selected for admission to an Open
Air School.
At
Certified
Special
Schools.
At
Public
Elementary
Schools.
At
other
Institutions.
At
no School
or
Institution.
Total.
5
10
1
16
C. Crippled Children.
This Section is confined to children (other than those diagnosed as tuberculous and in
need of treatment for that disease) who are suffering from a degree of crippling sufficiently
severe to interfere materially with a child's normal mode of life, i.e., children who generally
speaking are unable to take part, in any complete sense, in physical exercises or games or such
activities of the School curriculum as gardening or forms of handwork usuallv engaged in bv
other children.
At
Certified
Special
Schools.
At
Public
Elementary
Schools.
At
other
Institutions.
At
no School
or
Institution.
Total.
59
12
5
76
D. Children with Heart Disease.
This Section is confined to children whose defect is so severe as to necessitate th
provision of educational facilities other than those of the Public Elementary School.
At
Certified
Special
Schools.
At
Public
Elementary
Schools.
At
other
Institutions.
At
no School
or
Institution.
Total.
31
6
12
49