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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 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: In this Section only children who are so blind that they can only be appropriately taugh in a school for blind children are included.

In this Section only children who are so blind that they can only be appropriately taugh in a school for blind children are included.

At Certified Schools for the Blind.At Public Elementary Schools.At Other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
10......111

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PARTIALLY BLIND CHILDREN.
Only children who, though they cannot read ordinary school books or cannot read
them without injury to their eyesight, have such power of vision that they can appropriately
be taueht in a school for the Dartiallv blind are included.

Table: Children who are able by means of suitable glasses to read the ordinary school book! used by children without fatigue or injury to their vision are not included in this Table.

Children who are able by means of suitable glasses to read the ordinary school book! used by children without fatigue or injury to their vision are not included in this Table.

At Certified Schools for the Blind.At Certified Schools for the Partially Blind.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
...3410...145

Table: DEAF CHILDREN.Only children who are so deaf that they can only be appropriately taught in a school for the deaf are included.

DEAF CHILDREN.

Only children who are so deaf that they can only be appropriately taught in a school for the deaf are included.

At Certified Schools for the Deaf.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
15.........15

Table: PARTIALLY DEAF CHILDREN.Only children who can appropriately be taught in a school for the partially deaf are included.

PARTIALLY DEAF CHILDREN.

Only children who can appropriately be taught in a school for the partially deaf are included.

At Certified Schools for the Deaf.At Certified Schools for the Partially Deaf.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
......6......6

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TABLE III.
Return of all Exceptional Children In the Area.
Children Suffering from Multiple Defects.
Number of children suffering from combination of defects 2
BLIND CHILDREN.
A blind child is a child who is too blind to be able to read the ordinary school books
used by children.