London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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TABLE IV.
Analysis of Intelligence of 257 Children.
| 50-59 | 60-69 | 70-79 | 80-89 | 90-99 | 100-109 | 110-119 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 6 | 45 | 62 | 43 | 37 | |||
| 120-129 | 130-139 | 140-149 | 150-159 | ||||||
| 24 | 13 | 9 | 4 | ||||||
| 2—untestable. | 8—awaiting test. | Average I.Q. 101 | |||||||
TABLE V.
Analysis of Ages of Children Referred.
| 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-6 | 6-7 | 7-8 | 8-9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 32 | 46 | 24 |
| 9-10 | 10-11 | 11-12 | 12-13 | 13-14 | 14-15 | 15-16 | 16-17 |
| 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| 17-18 | 18-19 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Total, 257. | Average age, 8.81 years. | ||||||
| 20 pre-school. 164 primary. | 38 secondary. | 18 Grammar. 13 Private. | |||||
| 4 aged 15 plus. | |||||||
TABLE VI.
Special Recommendations—31 Children.
| Number recommended for schools or hostels for maladjusted children | 9 |
| Number recommended for ordinary boarding schools | 1 |
| Number recommended for schools for educationally sub - normal children | |
| Number recommended for— | |
| Camp Schools | 4 |
| Change of Day School | 4 |
| Farm Training | 1 |
| Care of County | 8 |
| School for Physically handicapped | 4 |
| 31 |
SPEECH THERAPY.
The report of the full-time Speech Therapist, Miss J. Sawkins,
for the year's work is as follows:
Treatment was given at the following Centres:
| Mattock Lane | Ravenor Park |
| Cherington House | little Ealing School |
| Greenford Green | Oldfields School |
| Northolt School | Perivale |
Ihe following received treatment:
| Stammer | 87 |
| Cleft Palate | 5 |
| Dyslalia | 61 |
| Other defects | 3 |
| Total | 156 |