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Walthamstow 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Medical Examinations.—The following examinations were made during 1933 by the medical staff.

New appointmentsProlonged absences
Teachers297
Others102

The total of 48 medical examinations compares with 46 during
1932.
21. STATISTICAL TABLES.
The statistical tables required by the Board of Education
follow:—
Statement of the number of children notified during the year
ended 31st December, 1933, by the local Education Authority to
the local Mental Deficiency Authority.
Total number of children notified, 25.

Analysis of the above total:—

Diagnosis.Boys.Girls.
1. (i) Children incapable of receiving benefit or further benefit from instruction in a Special School :
(a) Idiots2
(6) Imbeciles63
(c) Others33
(ii) Children unable to be instructed in a Special School without detriment to the interests of other children :
(a) Moral defectives
(6) Others
2. Feeble-minded children notified on leaving a Special School on or before attaining the age of 1662
3. Feeble-minded children notified under Article 3, i.e., "special circumstances " cases Note.—No child should be notified under Article 3 until the Board have issued a formal certificate (Form 308M) to the Authority
4 Children who in addition to being mentally defective were blind or deaf Note.—No blind or deaf child should be notified without reference to the Board—see Article 2, proviso (ii).
Grand Total1510