Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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Category | Day | Residential |
---|---|---|
Blind | 2 | 2 |
Partially sighted | 8 | 1 |
Deaf | 7 | 7 |
Partially hearing | 28 | 3 |
Educationally subnormal (ascertained) | *87 | 11 |
(not ascertained) | 98 | — |
Epileptic | 2 | 3 |
Maladjusted | 24 | 56 |
Physically Handicapped | 31 | 10 |
Speech | — | 1 |
Delicate | 54 | 16 |
*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.
Number of parents approached for consent | 3,567 |
Number of parents who consented | 2,740 |
Number of children given Tuberculin Test (Heaf Gun) | 2,628 |
Number of children found to be positive | 235 |
Number of children found to be negative | 2,360 |
Number of Tuberculin Tests not read | 33 |
Number of children given B.C.G. vaccination | 2,349 |
Number of children found to be negative but not vaccinated | 11 |