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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 1966

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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Table: TABLE 58HANDICAPPED CHILDRENChildren in Special Schools

TABLE 58

HANDICAPPED CHILDREN

Children in Special Schools

CategoryDayResidential
Blind—2
Partially sighted64
Deaf103
Partially hearing176
Educationally subnormal10217
Delicate8821
Epileptic-1 o
Physically handicapped328
Maladjusted948

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Nine children with more than one defect are included in the category of
their major defect.

Table: TABLE 59VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATIONB.C.G. Vaccination Scheme

TABLE 59

VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION

B.C.G. Vaccination Scheme

(a) School Children
Number of parents approached for consent3,181
Number of parents who consented2,488
Number of children given Tuberculin Test (Heaf Gun)2,450
Number of children found to be positive235
Number of children found to be negative2,172
Number of Tuberculin Tests not read43
Number of children given B.C.G. vaccination2,161
Number of children found to be negative but not vaccinated11
Doubtful first degree positives in 1965 retested100
Number found to be positive39
Number found to be negative59
Number given B.C.G. vaccination59
(b) Students at Technical Colleges
Number given Tuberculin Test8
Number found to be positive2
Number found to be negative4
Number given B.C.G. vaccination4