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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
Ealing 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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TABLE III.
Numerical Return of All Exceptional Children in the Area in 1920.
| Blind (including partially blind), within the meaning of the Elementary Education (Blind and Deaf Children Act, 1893) | Girls | Boys | Total | ||
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | - | 2 | 2 | ||
| Attending Certified School for the Blind | - | 4 | 4 | ||
| Not in School | - | ||||
| Deaf and Dumb | Attending Public Elementary Schools | - | - | - | |
| (including partially deaf), within the meaning of the Elementary Education (Blind and Deaf Children Act, 1893) | Attending Certified Schools for the Deaf | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Mentally deficient | Feeble-Minded | Attending Public Elementary Schools | 27 | 26 | 53 |
| Attending Certified Schools for Mentally Defective Children | 6 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Notified to Local Control Authority by Local Education Authority during the year | 1 | - | 1 | ||
| Imbeciles | Not in School | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| At School | - | — | — | ||
| Idiots | Not in School | — | — | — | |
| At School | — | — | —- | ||
| Epileptics | Attending Public Elementary Schools | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Attending Certified Schools for Epileptics | — | — | — | ||
| In Institutions other than Certified Schools | — | — | — | ||
| Not in School | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Pulmonary | Attending Public Elementary Schools | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tuberculosis | Attending Certified Schools for Physically Defective Children | — | — | — | |
| In Institutions other than Certified Schools | - | — | - | ||
| Physically Defective | Not in School | I | — | 1 | |
| Crippling due to Tuberculosis | Attending Public Elementary Schools | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| Attending Certified Schools for Physically Defective Children | — | — | — | ||
| Crippling due to Causes other than Tuberculosis, i.e., Paralysis, Rickets, Rheumatism Other Physical Defectives, e.g., Delicate and other Children suitable for admission to Open-air Schools, and Children suffering from severe heart disease | In Institutions other than Certified Schools | — | —- | ||
| Not at School | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | 25 | 1 | 56 | ||
| Attending Certified Schools for Physically Defective Children | — | — | — | ||
| In Institutions other than Certified Schools | - | — | -_ | ||
| Not at School | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | 7 | 13 | 20 | ||
| Attendiing Open-air Schools | — | — | — | ||
| Attending Certified Schools for Physically Defective Children | |||||
| other than Open-air Schools | — | — | — | ||
| Not at School | 6 | 3 | |||
| Dull or Backward:— Retarded 2 years 98. Retarded 3 years—50. | |||||