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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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TABLE III.
RETURN OF ALL EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN IN THE AREA.
| Boys | Girls | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blind (including partially blind) | (i.) Suitable for training in a School or Class for the totally blind. | Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Blind | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | — | — | — | ||
| At other Institutions | — | — | — | ||
| At no School or Institution | — | — | |||
| Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Blind | — | — | — | ||
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | 5 | 0 | 7 | ||
| At other Institutions | — | — | — | ||
| At no School or Institution | — | — | — | ||
| Deaf (including deaf and dumb and partially deaf) | (i.) Suitable for training in a School or Class for the totally deaf or deaf and dumb. | Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Deaf | — | 2 | 2 |
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | — | — | — | ||
| At other Institutions | — | — | — | ||
| At no School or Institution | — | — | — | ||
| (ii.) Suitable for training in a School or Class for the partially deaf. | Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Deaf | — | — | — | |
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | — | — | — | ||
| At other Institutions | — | — | — | ||
| At no School or Institution | — | — | — | ||
| 1 Mentally Defective | Feebleminded (cases not notifiable to the Local Control Authority.) | Attending Certified Schools for Mentally Defective Children | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | 19 | 14 | 33 | ||
| At other Institutions | — | —_ | — | ||
| At no School or Institution | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Notified to the Local Control Authority during the year. | Feebleminded | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Imbeciles | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Idiots ... | — | — | — | ||
| Epileptics | Suffering from severe epilepsy. | Attending Certified Special Schools for Epileptics | 1 | 1 | |
| In Institutions other than Certified Special Schools | — | — | — | ||
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | — | — | — | ||
| At no School or Institution | .— | — | — | ||
| Suffering from epilepsy which is not severe | Attending Public Elementary Schools | — | 1 | 1 | |
| At no School or Institution | — | — | — | ||