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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
Willesden 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table No. 24. —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 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At other Institutions | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At no School or Institution | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Blind | 6 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 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 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At other Institutions | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At no School or Institution | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Deaf | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 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 | *62 | *39 | 101 |
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | 5 | 7 | 12 | ||
| At other Institutions | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At no School or Institution | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Epileptics. | Suffering from severe Epilepsy. | Attending Certified Special Schools for Epileptics | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| In Institutions other than Certified Special Schools | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Attending Public Elementary Schools | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At no School or Institution | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Suffering from Epilepsy which is not severe. | Attending Public Elementary Schools | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| At no School or Institution | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 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 | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| At Certified Day Open Air Schools | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| At Public Elementary Schools | 146 | 93 | 239 | ||
| At other Institutions | **17 | 13 | 30 | ||
| At no School or Institution | 9 | 16 | 25 | ||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | ||
| At no School or Institution | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 5 | |
| At Certified Residential Cripple Schools | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| At Certified Day Cripple Schools | 65 | 42 | 107 | ||
| At Public Elementary Schools | 6 | 3 | 9 | ||
| At other Institutions | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| At no School or Institution | 9 | 10 | 19 | ||
| * 4 boys are also Physically Defective. | |||||
| * 1 girl is also Physically Defective. | |||||
| ** 1 boy is also Partially Blind. | |||||