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Ealing 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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MENTAL DEFICIENCY (NOTIFICATION OF CHILDREN)
REGULATIONS, 1928.
CHILDREN NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR ENDED
31st DECEMBER, 1939, TO THE
LOCAL MENTAL DEFICIENCY AUTHORITY.
Total Number of Children Notified 7
TABLE VI.
UNCLEANLINESS AND VERMINOUS CONDITIONS.
| (1) Average number of visits per School made during the year by the School Nurses | 3 |
| (2) Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by School Nurses | 29,357 |
| (3) Number of individual children found unclean | 746 |
| (4) Number of children cleansed under arrangements made by the Local Education Authority | – |
| (5) Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken:— | |
| (a) Under the Education Act. 1921 | – |
| (b) Under School Attendance Byelaws | 6 |
ANALYSIS OF THE ABOVE TOTAL.
| Diagnosis. | Boys. | Girls. |
|---|---|---|
| 1. (i) Children incapable of receiving benefit or further benefit from instruction in a Special School: (a) Idiots | 1 | – |
| (b) Imbeciles | 3 | 3 |
| (c) Others | — | — |
| (ii) Children unable to be instructed in a Special School without detriment to the interests of other children: (a) Moral defectives | – | – |
| (b) Others | — | — |
| 2. Feeble-minded children notified on leaving a Special School on or before attaining the age of 16 | — | — |
| 3. Feeble-minded children notified under Article 3, i.e., "special circumstances" cases | — | — |
| 4. Children who in addition to being mentally defective were blind or deaf | — | — |
| Grand Total | 4 | 3 |