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Willesden 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table No. 28. —Corresponding to Table III. of Appendix H of the Annual Report of the Chief Medical
Officer of the Board of Education for 1923.
Return of all Exceptional Children in the area.
| Boys. | Girls. | Total. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blind (including partially blind) | Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Blind | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At other Institutions | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At no School or Institution | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| (ti.) Suitable for training in a School or Class for the partially blind. | Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Blind | 6 | 8 | 14 | |
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| At other Institutions | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At no School or Institution | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Deaf (including deaf and dumb and partially deaf.) | (i.) Suitable for training in a School or Class for the totally deaf or deaf and dumb. | Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Deaf | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At other Institutions | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At no School or Institution | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||
| (ii.) Suitable for training in a School or Class for the partially deaf. | Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Deaf | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| At other Institutions | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At no School or Institution | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mentally Defective. | Feeble-minded (cases not notifiable to the Local Control Authority.) | Attending Certified Schools for Mentally Defective | |||
| Children | 691 | 42* | 111 | ||
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| At other Institutions | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| At no School or Institution | 4 | 3f | 7 | ||
| Notified to the Local Control Authority during the year. | Feeble-minded | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
| Imbeciles | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Idiots | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Epileptics. | Suffering from severe Epilepsy. | Attending Certified Special Schools for Epileptics | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| In Institutions other than Certified Special Schools | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At no School or Institution | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Suffering from Epilepsy which is not severe. | Attending Public Elementary Schools | 12 | 9 | 21 | |
| At no School or Institution | I | 1 | 2 | ||
| Physically Defective. | Infectious Pulmonary and Glandular Tuberculosis. | At Sanatoria or Sanatorium Schools approved by the | |||
| Ministry of Health or the Board of Education | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At other Institutions | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At no School or Institution | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Non-infectious but active Pulmonary and Glandular Tuberculosis. | At Sanatoria or Sanatorium Schools approved by the | ||||
| Ministry of Health or the Board of Education | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| At Certified Residential Open Air Schools | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At Certified Day Open Air Schools | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| At Public Elementary Schools | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At other Institutions | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| At no School or Institution | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Delicate Children (e.g., pre- or latent Tuberculosis, Malnutrition, Debility, Anaemia, &c. | At Certified Residential Open Air Schools | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| At Certified Day Open Air Schools | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At Public Elementary Schools | 92 | 64 | 156 | ||
| At other Institutions | 8 | 5 | 13 | ||
| At no School or Institution | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Active Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | At Sanatoria or Hospital Schools approved by the | ||||
| Ministry of Health or the Board of Education | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| At Public Elementary Schools | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| At other Institutions | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| At no School or Institution | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Crippled Children (other than those with active Tuberculous disease), e.g., Children suffering from Paralysis, etc., and including those with severe Heart Disease. | At Certified Hospital Schools | 1 | 1 | ||
| At Certified Residential Cripple Schools | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| At Certified Day Cripple Schools | 44 | 44 | 88 | ||
| At Public Elementary Schools | . 7 | 10 | 17 | ||
| At other Institutions | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| At no School or Institution | 2 | 72 | 9 | ||
* 4 boys are also Physically Defective.
* 5 girls are also Physically Defective.
**2 girls are also Mentally Defective.
t One girl is also Physically Defective.