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 Leyton]
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Knotts Green Special School for Mental Defectives.
Admitted 14
Discharged 20
On roll at end of year 86
Eleven children, certified to the Local Education Authority
as feeble-minded, were admitted to Knotts Green Special School
during the year and three children attending the Open Air School
were transferred to the School for Mental Defectives.
Of the 20 children whose names were removed from the roll,
8 reached the statutory leaving age of 16 years and were notified
to the Local Control Authority for supervision in accordance with
the Mental Deficiency (Notification of Children) Regulations;
1 was allowed to leave on withdrawal of certificate of menta
deficiency, 7 removed from the district, and 4 were notified to the
Local Control Authority—three as imbeciles and 1 as ineducable.
Physically Defective Children.
Knotts Green Special School.
Accommodation is provided for 150 physically defective
children.
Admitted during the year 47
Discharged 42
,, —on withdrawal of certificates 20
„ —on removal from district 15
,, —on reaching statutory leaving age 6
„ —unsuitable 1
On roll at end of year 150