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Walthamstow 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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TABLE I.
Return of Medical Inspections.
A.—Routine Medical Inspections.
| Number of Code Group Inspections. | Number of other Routine Inspections. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrants. | 2nd Age Group. | 3rd Age Group. | Total. | |
| 2184 | 1755 | 2072 | 6011 | 506 |
B.—Other Inspections.
| Number of Special Inspections | Number of Re -Inspections. | Total. |
|---|---|---|
| 3983 | 28909 | 32892 |
TABLE III.
(Note by S.M.O. :—In view of the new arrangement of the following tables
the Board's explanatory notes have been given).
Return of all Exceptional Children in the Area
Children suffering from any multiple defects Nil.
Blind Children.
A blind child is a child who is too blind to be able to read the
ordinary school books used bv children.
Enter in this Section only children who are so blind that they can only be appropriately taught in a school for blind children.
| At Certified Schools for the Blind. | At Public Elementary Schools. | At Other Institutions. | At no School or Institution. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | — | — | — | 12 |
Partially Blind Children.
Enter in this Section only children who, though they cannot read
ordinary school books or cannot read them without injury to their
eyesight, have such power of vision that they can appropriately be
taucht, in a school for the nartiallv blind.
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 should not be included in this Table.