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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Special (Day) Schools in Willesden.
Number of Physically Defective Schools 1
Number of Mentally Defective Schools 1
Table No. 27.
| Diagnosis. | Boys. | Girls. |
|---|---|---|
| 1.—(i.) Children incapable of receiving benefit or further benefit from instruction in a Special School: | ||
| (a) Idiots | - | - |
| (b) Imbeciles | 6 | 5 |
| (c) Other | - | 5 |
| (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 | 10 | 5 |
| 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 | 16 | 15 |
* 228 of these were debilitated children sent to Certified Residential Schools for six weeks' convalescence.
Table No. 28.
| Special Schools in Willesden. | Special Schools outside Willesden. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blind and Partially Blind | - | 20 | 20 |
| Deaf | - | 29 | 29 |
| Mentally Defective | 155 | 9 | 164 |
| Epileptic | - | 6 | 6 |
| Physically Defective | 204 | 260* | 464* |
| Total | 359 | 324* | 683* |