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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

East Ham 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]

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Table: T able III. —( continued).

T able III. —( continued).

Boys.Girls.Total.
Physically Defective, continued.Crippling due to Tuberculosis.Attending Public Elementary Schools7013
Attending Certified Schools for Physically Defective Children---
In Institutions other than Certified Schools246
Not at School16824
Crippling due to causes other than Tuberculosis, i.e., Paralysis, Rickets, Traumatism.Attending Public Elementary Schools282149
Attending Certified Schools for Physicallv Defective Children---
In Institutions other than Certified Schools---
Not at School142741
Other Physical Defectives, e.g., delicate, and other children suitable for admission to Open-air Schools ; children suffering from severe heart disease.Attending Public Elementary Schools10159160
Attending Open-Air Schools---
Attending Certified Schools for Physically Defective Children, other than Open-Air Schools---
Not at School111021
Dull or Backward*Retarded 2 years208192450
Retarded 3 years13678214

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*Judged according to age and standard. No case retarded more than
3 years is included in this category unless it has been decided after examination
by the Medical Officer that the child is not mentally defective.