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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

Hendon 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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TABLE III—continued.
BLIND CHILDREN.
A blind child is defined by Section 69 of the Education Act, 1921,
as one who is "too blind to be able to read the ordinary school books
used by children." This definition covers some children who are totally,
or almost totally, blind and can only be appropriately taught in a school
for blind children, and others who have partial sight and can be
appropriately taught in a school for partially sighted children.

Table: Only the first class should be included in this section.

Only the first class should be included in this section.

At Certified Schools for the Blind.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
4———4

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PARTIALLY SIGHTED CHILDREN.
Enter in this Section only children who, though they cannot read
ordinary school books or cannot read them without injury to their
eyesight, have such power of vision that they can appropriately be
taught in a school for the partially sighted.

Table: Children who are able by means of suitable glasses to read the ordinary school books used by children without fatigue or injury to their vision should not be included in this Table.

Children who are able by means of suitable glasses to read the ordinary school books used by children without fatigue or injury to their vision should not be included in this Table.

At Certified Schools for the Blind.At Certified Schools for the Partially Sighted.At Public Elementary-Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
33———6

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DEAF CHILDREN.
A deaf child is defined by Section 69 of the Education Act, 1921,
as one who is "too deaf to be taught in a class of hearing children in an
elementary school." This definition covers some children who are
totally, or almost totally, deaf and can only be appropriately taught
in a school for deaf children, and others who have partial hearing and
can be appropriately taught in a school for partially deaf children.

Table: Only the first type should be included in this section.

Only the first type should be included in this section.

At Certified Schools for the Deaf.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total
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