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 Ilford]
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Table IIIa.
Statement op the Number op Children Notified During thb
Year Ended 31st December, 1931, by the Local Education
Authority to the Local Mental Deficiency Authority.
Total number of children notified 8
Analysis of the Above Total.
Diagnosis. | Boys. | Girls. |
---|---|---|
(1) i. Children incapable of receiving benefit or further benefit from instruction in a Special School: | ||
1 | 1 | |
(6) Imbeciles | 1 | 1 |
(c) Others | - | - |
ii. Children unable to be instructed in a Special School without detriment to the interests of the other children: | ||
(a) Moral defectives | — | — |
(6) Others | - | - |
(2) Feeble-minded children notified on leaving a Special School on or before attaining the age of 16 | 3 | 1 |
(3) Feeble-minded children notified under Article 3, i.e., "Special Circumstances" cases | — | — |
(4) Children, who in addition to being mentally defective, were blind or deaf | — | — |
Grand Total | 5 | 3 |