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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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| CLASS | GROUP I Acquired Physical Defects | GROUP 2 Hereditary and Congenital Conditions | GROUP 3 Psycho-somatic Disorders | GROUP 4 Miscellaneous | Brain Damaged Children in Groups: | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||
| 1-16 children, average age 6 yrs. 6 mnths. Range 4-8 to 8-9 1953 ¡ö 1957 | Rheumatic heart 'P' 1 | Epilepsy 1 | Leukaemia 1 | ¨C | 1 | ¨C | ¨C | |
| Recurrent bronchitis 1 | Malformation of limbs 1 | Asthma and Eczema 'P' 1 | ||||||
| Heart Defect 1 | ||||||||
| Arthrogryposis 1 Pituitary deficiency 1 | ||||||||
| Fragilitas Ossium 1 | ||||||||
| Cerebral Palsy 4 | - | 4 | - | - | ||||
| Totals: 16 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | - | 5 | - | |
| II- 19 children, Average age 8 yrs. 8 mnths. Range 7/4 11 1951 - 1954 | Rrnnr.hient.aKis 1 | EDilensv 1 | Asthma 1 | Maladjusted 1 | ¨C | 1 | ¨C | ¨C |
| Chronic Bronchitis 1 "P" | Multiple Deformities 1 | Asthma and Eczema *P' 1 | ||||||
| Haemophilia. 2 | ||||||||
| Arthrogryposis 1 | ||||||||
| Pragilitas ossium 2 | ||||||||
| Renal malformation 1 | ||||||||
| Heart Defects 2 | ||||||||
| Cerebral Palsy 4 | ~ | 4 | ~ | |||||
| Totals: 19 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 1 | - | 5 | - | ¨C |
| III 19 children, average age 9 yrs. 11 mnths. Range 7-6 to 12-11 1949 1954 | paralytic Polio. 2 | Muscular Dystrophy 1 | Asthma | Delicate 'P' 1 | ||||
| Recurrent Bronchitis 2 | Hirschsprung's Disease 1 | Enuresis 'P' 1 | ||||||
| Cerebral Palsy (post meningitic) 1 | Hepatic Fibrosis 1 | |||||||
| Epilepsy 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | ||||
| Epilepsy (post encephalitic) 1 | Rhesus C. Palsy 1 | 1 | 1 | ¨C | ¨C | |||
| Asthma and Eczema ('P'l) 3 | ||||||||
| Bronchial Asthma 1 | ||||||||
| Totals. 19 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ¨C | ¨C |
| IV 20 children, average age 12 yrs. 1 mnth. Range 9 8 to 16-1 1945 1952 | Recurrent Bronchitis 1 | Multiple deformities 1 | ||||||
| Bronchiectasis 'P' 1 | Arthrogryposis and Epilepsy 1 | Immaturity 1 | - | 1 | - | - | ||
| T. B. Spine 1 | Heart Defects 2 | |||||||
| Scoliosis 1 | ||||||||
| Muscular Dystrophy 1 | ||||||||
| Asthma etc. (1 P' ) 5 | ||||||||
| Cerebral Palsy 4 | - | 4 | - | |||||
| Totals. 20 | 3 | 15 | - | 2 | 5 | - | ||
| V 2:0 children, average age 14 yrs. 6 mnths. Range 12 11 to 16 11 1945 - 1949 | Rheumatic Heart 1 | Epilepsy 2 | Asthma 2 | - | 2 1 | - | - | |
| Ileo Colitis 1 | Heart Defect 1 | (post meningitic) | ||||||
| Fractured femur 1 | Spina bifida 1 | Delicate 1 | ||||||
| Bronchitis and asthma 1 | Malformation (absence of hands) 1 | |||||||
| Asthma, etc. 3 | ||||||||
| Cerebral Palsy | ||||||||
| (one athetoid) 4 (one Rhesus) | ¨C | 4 | ¨C | ¨C | ||||
| Totals. 20 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 2 | ¨C | 7 | ¨C | ¨C |
NOTE. P indicates that the child is one of a problem family' and that poor home environment is a significant factor in its retention at a special
school.