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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Walthamstow 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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(a) The ascertainment of such children continued along the
lines detailed in last year's report and has, generally, been adequate.
(b) Mentally defective children not in Special Schools are supervised
by the Essex County Council, the local Mental Deficiency
Authority in the case of idiots and imbeciles and ineducable mental
defectives. An occupational centre is provided by the Essex
Voluntary Association for Mental Welfare. The work of this
Association is reported under Section 12 (d).
(c) General review of the work of the Authority's Special
Schools:—

Table: (i) Blind School.—Your Committee provide a Blind School at Wood Street with accommodation for85children of both sexes. The following table shows the classification of children attendingtheschool at the end of1937,and has been supplied by the Head Teacher, Miss Balls:—

(i) Blind School.—Your Committee provide a Blind School at Wood Street with accommodation for85children of both sexes. The following table shows the classification of children attendingtheschool at the end of1937,and has been supplied by the Head Teacher, Miss Balls:—

Blind.Partially Blind.
Waltham stow.Other Authorities.Walthamstow.Other Authorities.
Boys24185
Girls22258
Totals464313

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The work done at the school is detailed in previous annual
reports, and in the following report of the Consultant Ophthalmic
Surgeon, Dr. P. McG. Moffatt:—
"The number of children attending the Myope School last year
was 66. Of these, 39 were suffering from High Myopia or Myopic
Astigmatism cnly, and 2 ficm Hi^h Hypermetropic Astigmatism
with sub-normal vision. The remainder had defective vision in
varying degrees, as the result of congenital or acquired disease of
the eyes.
"The full classified list is as follows:—