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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 1968

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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Table: TABLE 58 HANDICAPPED CHILDREN Children in Special Schools

TABLE 58 HANDICAPPED CHILDREN Children in Special Schools

CategoryDayResidential
Blind11
Partially sighted63
Deaf124
Partially hearing243
Educationally sub-normal (ascertained)9414
(not ascertained)88—
Epileptic33
Maladjusted751
Physically handicapped359
Speech—1
Delicate6621
Eleven children with more than one defect are included in the category of their major defect.

Table: TABLE 59 VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION B.C.G. Vaccination Scheme

TABLE 59 VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION B.C.G. Vaccination Scheme

Number of parents approached for consent4,832
Number of parents who consented3,801
Number of children given Tuberculin Test (Heaf Gun)3,714
Number of children found to be positive371
Number of children found to be negative3,302
Number of Tuberculin Tests not read41
Number of children given B.C.G. vaccination3,296
Number of children found to be negative but not vaccinated6
Doubtful first degree positives in 1967 retested4
Number found to be postive2
Number found to be negative2
Number given B.C.G. vaccination2