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Willesden 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table No. 25. —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) | (i.) Suitable for training in a School or Class for the totally blind. | Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Blind | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At other Institutions | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At no School or Institution | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| (ii.) Suitable for training in a School or Class for the partially blind. | Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Blind | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At other Institutions | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At no School or Institution | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 11 |
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At other Institutions | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At no School or Institution | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| (ii.) Suitable for training in a School or Class for the partially deaf. | Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Deaf | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At other Institutions | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At no School or Institution | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mentally Defective. | Feeble-minded (cases not notifiable to the Local Control Authority). | Attending Certified Schools for Mentally Defective Children | 60* | 40* | 100 |
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| At other Institutions | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| At no School or Institution | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Notified to the Local Control Authority during the year. | Feeble-minded | 8 | 7 | 15 | |
| Imbeciles | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Idiots | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Epileptics. | Suffering from severe Epilepsy. | Attending Certified Special Schools for Epileptics | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| In Institutions other than Certified Special Schools | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At no School, or Institution | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Suffering from Epilepsy which is not severe. | Attending Public Elementary Schools | 5 | 9 | 14 | |
| At no School or Institution | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Physically Defective. | Infectious Pulmonary and Glandular Tuberculosis. | At Sanatoria or Sanatorium Schools approved by the Ministry of Health or the Board of Education | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| At Certified Residential Open Air Schools | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At Certified Day Open Air Schools | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At Public Elementary Schools | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At other Institutions | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At no School or Institution | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Delicate Children (e.g., pre- or latent Tuberculosis, Malnutrition, Debility, Anaemia, etc.). | At Certified Residential Open Air Schools | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| At Certified Day Open Air Schools | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At Public Elementary Schools | 110 | 64 | 174 | ||
| At other Institutions | 15 | 10 | 25 | ||
| At no School or Institution | 17 | 24 | 41 | ||
| Active Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | At Sanatoria or Hospital Schools approved by the Ministry of Health or the Board of Education | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| At Public Elementary Schools | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At other Institutions | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| At no School or Institution | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 3 | |
| At Certified Residential Cripple Schools | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| At Certified Day Cripple Schools | 38 | 48 | 86 | ||
| At Public Elementary Schools | 5 | 8 | 13 | ||
| At other Institutions | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At no School or Institution | 8 | 7 | 15 | ||