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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 1969

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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Table: TABLE 57HANDICAPPED CHILDREN Children in Special Schools

TABLE 57

HANDICAPPED CHILDREN Children in Special Schools

CategoryDayResidential
Blind22
Partially sighted81
Deaf77
Partially hearing283
Educationally subnormal (ascertained)*8711
(not ascertained)98—
Epileptic23
Maladjusted2456
Physically Handicapped3110
Speech—1
Delicate5416

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*Includes three girls living in Clay Hill Hostel for educationally subnormal girls.
Twelve children with more than one defect are included in the category of their
major defect.

Table: TABLE 58VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION B.C.G. Vaccination Scheme

TABLE 58

VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION B.C.G. Vaccination Scheme

Number of parents approached for consent3,567
Number of parents who consented2,740
Number of children given Tuberculin Test (Heaf Gun)2,628
Number of children found to be positive235
Number of children found to be negative2,360
Number of Tuberculin Tests not read33
Number of children given B.C.G. vaccination2,349
Number of children found to be negative but not vaccinated11