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
Enfield 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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HANDICAPPED CHILDREN
| Category | Day | Residential |
|---|---|---|
| Blind | — | 3 |
| Partially sighted | 6 | 4 |
| Deaf | 12 | 2 |
| Partially hearing | 19 | 7 |
| Educationally sub-normal | 108 | 21 |
| Delicate | 69 | 23 |
| Epileptic | 1 | 1 |
| Physically Handicapped | 35 | 8 |
| Maladjusted | 4 | 52 |
| The figures include 12 children with more than one defect. | ||
VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION
| Number of parents approached for consent | 3,753 |
| Number of parents who consented | 2,887 |
| Number of children given Tuberculin Test (Heaf Gun) | 2,838 |
| Number of children found to be positive | 266 |
| Number of children found to be negative | 2,515 |
| Number of Tuberculin Tests not read | 57 |
| Number of children given B.C.G. vaccination | 2,506 |