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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
Enfield 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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The following is a comparative table for the last five years:—
| 1932. | 1933. | 1934. | 1935. | 1936. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. | Dull and backward, but capable of instruction in an elementary school | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| B. | Mentally Defective but capable of instruction in a special school | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
| C. | Incapable, of further instruction in a special school | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| D. | Imbecile | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Moral Imbecile | — | — | — | 2 | - | |
| E. | Not scheduled | — | 5 | 2 | — | 1 |
EXAMINATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL CHILDREN.
The Enfield Education Committee undertakes the examination
of children attending the secondary schools in the district, on
behalf of the Middlesex Education Committee. There are three
such schools in Enfield, namely, the Grammar, County, and Junior
Technical Schools. The following tables set out the number of
children examined at each school during the course of the year
and the defects found to be present:—
Junior Technical. Grammar. County.
Number of children examined 106 222 180
DEFECTS,
| Junior Technical. | Grammar. | County. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Requiring Treatment. | Requiring Observation. | Requiring Treatment. | Requiring Observation. | Requiring Treatment. | Requiring Observation. | |
| Dental Caries | 2 | - | 4 | - | 1 | - |
| Defective Vision | 2 | - | 19 | - | 27 | 20 |
| Enlarged Tonsils, etc. | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Other Nose and Throat Conditions | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Deformities | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| Other Diseases and Defects | - | - | 8 | - | 10 | — |
| Anaemia | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Stammer | - | - | 2 | — | — | — |
| Other Skin Diseases | - | - | — | — | 5 | — |
| Organic Heart Disease | - | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |