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 East Ham]
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TABLE III.
Return of all Exceptional Children in the Area during the Year ended 31st December, 1930
Boys. | Girls. | Total | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blind (including partially blind) (see note b). | (i.) Suitable for training in a School or Class for the totally blind. | Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Blind | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Attending Public Elementary Schools (see note c) | - | - | - | ||
At other Institutions | — | - | - | ||
At no School or Institution | — | — | — | ||
Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Blind | 14 | 15 | 29 | ||
Attending Public Elementary Schools (see note c) | 1 | - | 1 | ||
At other Institutions | - | 2 | 2 | ||
At no School or Institution | 1 | 3 | 4 14 | ||
Deaf (including deaf and dumb and partially deaf) (see note d.) | (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 | 7 | 7 | |
Attending Public Elementary Schools (see note c) | - | - | - | ||
At other Institutions | — | - | - | ||
At no School or Institution | — | 1 | 1 | ||
Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Deaf | - | 1 | 1 | ||
Attending Public Elementary Schools (see note c) | - | - | - | ||
At other Institutions | 1 | - | 1 | ||
At no School or Institution | — | — | — | ||
Mentally Defective | Feebleminded (cases not notifiable to the Local Control Authority). | Attending Certified Schools for Mentally Defective Children Attending Public. Elementary | 62 | 33 | 95 |
Schools (see note c) | - | - | - | ||
At other Institutions | 6 | 3 | 9 | ||
At no School or Institution | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Epileptics | Suffering from severe epilepsy. (See note f.) | Attending Certified Special Schools for Epileptics | 3 | 4 | 7 |
In Institutions other than Certified Special Schools | - | 1 | 1 | ||
Attending Public Elementary Schools (see note c) | - | - | - | ||
At no School or Institution | — | — | — | ||
Suffering from epilepsy which is not severe. (See note g.) | Attending Public Elementary Schools (see note c) | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
At no School or Institution | — | — | — |