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East Ham 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Table III—continued.
in this category. Children suffering from crippling due to tuberculosis
which is regarded as being no longer in need of treatment should be
recorded as crippled children, provided that the degree of crippling
conforms to the description of a crippled child given at the head of
Section C below. All other tuberculous children who are regarded as
being no longer in need of treatment should bq recorded as delicate
children provided the Medical Officer is prepared to certify under Section
55 of the Education Act, 1921, that they are incapable by reason of
physical defect of receiving proper benefit from the instruction in the
ordinary Public Elementary Schools.
I.—Children Suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis. (Including pleura and intra-thoracic glands.)
| At Certified Special Schools. | At Public Elementary Schools.f | At other Institutions. | At no School or Institution. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 28 | — | 2 | 40 |
II.—Children Suffering from Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
(This category should include tuberculosis of all sites other than those shown in I. above.)
| At Certified Special Schools. | At Public Elementary Schools.† | At other Institutions. | At or Institution, no School | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 54 | 1 | 5 | 67 |
t It is essential that tuberculous children who are, or may be, a source
of infection to others should be promptly excluded from Public
Elementary Schools.
B. Delicate Children.
This Section should be confined to children (except those included in
other groups) whose general health renders it desirable that they should
be specially selected for admission to an Open Air School. Such children
should be included irrespective of the actual provision of Open Air
Schools in the area, or of the practicability in present circumstances of
sending the children to Residential Schools. At the same time it should
be remembered that! children should not be regarded as suitable for
admission to an Open Air School unless the Medical Officer would be
prepared to certify under Section 55 of the Education Act, 1921, that