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 Willesden]
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T able N o . 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 | + 3 | 0 | 3 |
Attending Public Elementary Schools | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
At other Institutions | §1 | 0 | 1 | ||
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 | 8 | 7 | 15 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | |||
At other Institutions | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
At no School or Institution | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
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 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
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 deaf. | Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Deaf | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Attending Public Elementary Schools | 0 | 1 | I | ||
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 | *78 | *47 | 125 |
3 | 3 | 6 | |||
At other Institutions | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
At no School or Institution | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Epileptics. | Suffering from severe Epilepsy. | Attending Certified Special Schools for Epileptics | 1 | 1 | 2 |
In Institutions other than Certified Special Schools | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Attending Public Elementary Schools | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
At no School or Institution | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Suffering from Epilepsy which is not severe. | Attending Public Elementary Schools | 12 | 5 | 17 | |
At no School or Institution | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
Physically Defective. | Infectious Pulmonary and Glandular Tuberculosis. | At Sanatoria or Sanatorium Schools approved by the Ministry of Health or 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | |||
At Certified Day Open Air Schools | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
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 | 14 | 17 | 31 | |
At Certified Day Open Air Schools | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
At Public Elementary Schools | † † 202 | † † 145 | 347 | ||
At other Institutions | **19 | 25 | 44 | ||
At no School or Institution | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
Active Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | At Sanatoria or Hospital Schools approved by the | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | |||
At other Institutions | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
At no School or Institution | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
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 | 3 | 4 | |
At Certified Residential Cripple Schools | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
At Certified Day Cripple Schools | 74 | 47 | 121 | ||
At Public Elementary Schools | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
At other Institutions | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
At no School or Institution | 6 | 6 | 12 |
* 4 boys are also Physically Defective.
* 1 girl is also Physically Defective.
** 1 boy is also Partially Blind.
† 1 boy is also Mentally Defective.
§ This boy is also Epileptic.
††133 boys and 90 girls have been in Convalescent Homes.