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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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42
At Certified Special Schools 75
At Public Elementary Schools 301
At other Institutions —
At no School or Institution 1
Total 377
(c) Crippled Children.—This Section is confined to children (other than those diagnosed as
tuberculous and in need of treatment for that disease) who are suffering from a degree of crippling
sufficiently severe to interfere materially with a child's normal mode of life, i.e., children who generally
speaking are unable to take part, in any complete sense, in physical exercises or games or such activities
of the School curriculum as gardening or forms of handwork usually engaged in by other children.
At Certified Special Schools 64
At Public Elementary Schools —
At other Institutions —
At no School or Institution 1
Total 65
(d) Children with Heart Disease.—This Section is confined to children whose defect is so severe
as to necessitate the provision of educational facilities other than those of the Public Elementary
School.
At Certified Special Schools 59
At Public Elementary Schools 1
At other Institutions —
At no School or Institution 2
Total 62
Statement of the Number of Children Notified during the Year ended December 31st
1934, by the Local Education Authority to the Local Mental Deficiency Authority.
Total Number of Children notified: 13.
Analysis of the above Total.
| Diagnosis. | Boys. | Girls. |
|---|---|---|
| 1.—(i.) Children incapable of receiving benefit or further benefit from instruction in a Special School: | ||
| (a) Idiots | — | 1 |
| (b) Imbeciles | 1 | 1 |
| (c) Others | 3 | 3 |
| (ii.) Children unable to be instructed in a Special School without detriment to the interests of other children: | ||
| (a) Moral defectives | — | — |
| (b) Others | — | — |
| 2—Feeble-minded children notified on leaving a Special School on or before attaining the age of 16 | 3 | 1 |
| 3.—Feeble-minded children notified under Article 3 of the 1928 Regulations, i.e., "special circumstances cases" | — | — |
| 4.—Children who in addition to being mentally defective were blind or deaf | — | — |
| Total | 7 | 6 |
Special (Day) Schools in Willesden.
No. of Physically Defective Schools 1
No. of Mentally Defective Schools 1
No. of children attending certified Special (Day and Residential) Schools during 1934:—
Table No. 25.
| Special Schools in Willesden. | Special Schools outside Willesden. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blind and Partially Blind | — | 27 | 27 |
| Deaf | — | 22 | 22 |
| Mentally Defective | 142 | 11 | 153 |
| Epileptic | — | 6 | 6 |
| Physically Defective ... | 215 | 271* | 486* |
| Total | 357 | 337* | 694* |
*221 of these were debilitated children sent to Certified Residential Schools for six weeks convalesence.