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Ilford 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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(i) Maladjusted Pupils, that is to say, pupils who show evidence of
emotional instability or psychological disturbance and require special
educational treatment in order to effect their personal, social, or
educational readjustment.
(j) Physically Handicapped Pupils, that is to say, pupils, not being
pupils suffering solely from a defect of sight or hearing, who by
reason of disease or crippling defect cannot be satisfactorily educated
in an ordinary school or cannot be educated in such a school without
detriment to their health or educational development.
(k) Pupils suffering from Speech Defect, that is to say, pupils who on
account of stammering, aphasia, or defect of voice or articulation
not due to deafness, require special educational treatment.
The number of children coming within these categories and their disposition
as on the 31st December, 1946, are tabulated on page 86.
Ineducable Pupils.—During the year 15 children were specially examined
and found to be ineducable. These cases were reported to the Borough
Education Officer with a view to particulars being forwarded to the Local
Authority for the purposes of the Mental Deficiency Acts, 1913-28, under
Section 57 of the Education Act, 1944.
Particulars of ineducable children in this area and their disposition
at the end of the year can be found on page 87.
Table Showing the Principal Causes of Death among Children of School Age
| Disease. | Ilford, Percentage of total deaths (all ages). | Ilford, Percentage of total deaths at ages 5—15 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | 1945 | 1944 | 1945 | ||
| 1. | Measles | — | 0.2 | — | 3.6 |
| 2. | Scarlet Fever | — | —_ | — | — |
| 3. | Whooping Cough | 0.1 | — | — | — |
| 4. | Diphtheria | 0.2 | 0.2 | 11.5 | 7.1 |
| 5. | Influenza | 0.6 | 0.4 | 3.8 | —_ |
| 6. | Tuberculosis | 6.0 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 7.1 |
| 7. | Rheumatic Fever | — | 0.06 | — | — |
| 8. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia and other respiratory diseases | 9 6 | 10.4 | — | 3.6 |
| 9. | *Meningitis and Nervous system | 10.3 | 14 6 | 3.8 | 17.8 |
| 10. | Heart Diseases | 24.3 | 25.7 | — | — |
| 11. | Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 1.9 | 1.5 | — | — |
| 12. | Violence | 10.0 | 9.4 | 38.5 | 53.6 |
| 13. | Other causes | 37.0 | 32.64 | 38.6 | 7.2 |
| 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | ||
* Excludes Meningococcal infections.
Deaths of School Children.
Ilford.—The deaths of children of School Age during 1945 represent
1.6 percent, of the Total Deaths registered (all ages), and during 1944 represent
1.6 per cent.