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 Hendon]
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MENTAL DEFICIENCY (NOTIFICATION OF
CHILDREN) REGULATIONS, 1928.
Total number of children notified 9
N.B.—No child should be entered in more than one section of this Table.
Diagnosis. | Boys. | Girls. |
---|---|---|
1. (i) Children incapable of receiving benefit or further benefit from instruction in a Special School:— | ||
(a) Idiots | — | - |
(b) Imbeciles | 3 | 4 |
(c) Others | — | — |
(ii) Children unable to be instructed in a Special School without detriment to the interests of other children:— | ||
(a) Moral defectives | — | — |
(b) Others | — | — |
2. Feeble-minded children notified on leaving a Special School on or before attaining the age of 16 | 2 | - |
3. Feeble-minded children notified under Article 3, i.e., "special circumstances" cases Note.—No child should be notified under Article 3 until the Board have issued a formal certificate (Form 308M) to the Authority. | - | — |
4. Children who in addition to being mentally defective were blind or deaf | - | - |
Note.—No blind or deaf child should be notified without reference to the Board—see Article 2, proviso (ii). | ||
Grand Total | 5 | 4 |