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—
Children who are able by means of suitable glasses to read the ordinary school books used by children without fatigue or injury to their
vision are not included in this Table.
At Certified Schools for the Blind. | At Certified Schools for the Partially Sighted. | At Public Elementary Schools. | At other Institutions. | At no School or Institution. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | 12 | 3 | — | — | 15 |
Deaf Children.
A deaf child is defined by Section 69 of the Education Act, 1921, as one who is "too deaf to be taught in a class of hearing children in an elementary school." This definition covers some children who are totally, or almost totally, deaf and can only be appropriately taught in a school for deaf children, and others who have partial hearing and can be appropriately taught in a school for partially deaf children. Only the first class is included in this Section.
At Certified Schools for the Deaf. | At Public Elementary Schools. | At other Institutions. | At no School or Institution. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Res. Day 5 9 | — | — | — | 14 |
Partially Deaf Children.
Children who can appropriately be taught only in a school for the partially deaf are entered in this Section.
At Certified Schools for the Deaf. | At Certified Schools for the Partially Deaf. | At Public Elementary Schools, | At other Institutions. | At no School or Institution. | Total. |
Res. 1 | – | 1 | — | — | 2 |
Mentally Defective Children.
Feeble-Minded Children.
Mentally Defective children are children who, not being imbecile and
not being merely dull or backward, are incapable by reason of mental