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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
Finchley 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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Return of all Exceptional Children in the Area.
| Boys. | Girls. | Total. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blind (including partially blind). | (1) Suitable for training in a School or Class for the totally blind. | Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Blind | 2 | - | 2 |
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | - | - | - | ||
| At other Institutions | - | - | - | ||
| At no School or Institution | - | - | - | ||
| (2) Suitable for training in a School or Class for the partially blind. | Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Blind | - | - | - | |
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| At other Institutions | - | - | - | ||
| At no School or Institution | - | - | - | ||
| Deaf (including deaf and dumb and partially deaf). | (1) Suitable for training in a School or Class for the totally deaf or deaf and dumb. | Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Deaf | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | - | - | - | ||
| At other Institutions | 1 | - | 1 | ||
| At no School or Institution | - | - | - | ||
| (2) Suitable for training in a School or Class for the partially deaf. | Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Deaf | - | - | - | |
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | - | - | - | ||
| At other Institutions | - | - | - | ||
| At no School or Institution | - | - | - | ||
| Mentally Defective. | Feeblemined (cases not notifiable to the Local Control Authority.) | Attending Certified Schools for Mentally Defective Children | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | - | 1 | 1 | ||
| At other Institutions | - | 1 | 1 | ||
| - | - | - | |||
| Notified to the Local Control Authority during the year. | Feebleminded | - | - | - | |
| Imbeciles | - | 1 | 1 | ||
| Idiots | - | - | - | ||
| Epileptics. | Suffering from severe epilepsy. | Attending Certified Schools for Epileptics | 1 | - | 1 |
| In Institutions other than Certified Special Schools | - | - | - | ||
| Attending Public Elementarv Schools | - | - | - | ||
| At no School or Institution | - | - | - | ||
| Suffering from epilepsy which is not severe. | Attending Public Elementary Schools | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| At no School or Institution | - | - | - | ||
| Physically Defective. | Infectious pulmonary and glandular tuberculosis. | At Sanatoria or Sanatorium Schools approved by the Ministry of Health or the Board | - | - | - |
| At other Institutions | - | - | - | ||
| At no School or Institution | - | - | - | ||
| Non-infectious but active pulmonary and glandular tuberculosis. | At Sanatoria or Sanatorium Schools approved by the Ministry of Health or the Board | - | - | - | |
| At Certified Residential Open Air Schools | - | - | - | ||
| At Certified Day Open Air Schools | - | - | - | ||
| At Public Elementary Schools | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| At other Institutions | - | - | - | ||
| At no School or Institution | - | - | - | ||
| Dedicate children, e.g., pre-or latent tuberculosis, malnutrition, debility, anaemia, etc. | At Certified Residential Open Air Schools | 2 | 4 | ||
| At Certified Day Open Air Schools | - | - | - | ||
| At Public Elementary Schools | 4 | 23 | 57 | ||
| At other Institutions | - | - | - | ||
| At no School or Institution | - | - | - | ||
| Active non-pulmonary tuberculosis. | At Sanatoria or Hospital Schools approved by the Ministry of Health or the Board | - | - | - | |
| At Public Elementary Schools | 3 | - | 3 | ||
| At other Institutions | - | - | - | ||
| At no School or Institution | - | - | - | ||
| Crippled Children (other than those with active tuberculous disease) e.g., children suffering from paralysis, &c., and including those with severe heart disease. | At Certified Hospital Schools | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| At Certified Residential Cripple Schools | |||||
| At Public Elementary Schools | 9 | 9 | 18 | ||
| At other Institutions | - | - | - | ||
| At no School or Institution | |||||