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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 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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Eight children are in attendance at Philip Lane School for
the Deaf, Tottenham; these may be classified as follows:—
6 suffering from acquired deafness.
2 suffering from motor aphasia.
One deaf child is at a residential school and 2 deaf children
are evacuated.
Forty-eight children were examined under the Mental Deficiency
Act (1913) during 1944. These were scheduled as follows :
Dull and backward but capable of instruction in
an elementary school 10
Mentally defective but capable of instruction in a
special school 18
Incapable of further instruction in a special school 3
Imbecile 10
Not scheduled (to be seen again) 7
EXAMINATION AND TREATMENT OF
SECONDARY SCHOOL CHILDREN.
Average number on books of Junior Technical School 320
Average number on books of Grammar School 626
Average number on books of County School 520
The number of children examined in the course of Routine
Medical Inspection at the secondary schools was as follows:—
Junior Technical School 121
Grammar School 294
County School 207

Table: The classification of the nutrition of these children was as follows:—

The classification of the nutrition of these children was as follows:—

School.Classification.
"A""B""C""D"
Junior Technical20947-
Grammar6020331-
County521478-