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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

Wimbledon 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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TABLE III.
Return of all Exceptional Children in the Area
CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE DEFECTS.
Number of children suffering from any combination of
the following defects:—Blindness (Not Partial Blindness);
Deafness (Not Partial Deafness); Mental Defect;
Epilepsy; Active Tuberculosis; Crippling (as defined
in the penultimate category of the Table); Heart
Disease 1

Table: BLIND CHILDREN.

BLIND CHILDREN.

At Certified Schools for the Blind.At Public Elementary Schools.At Other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
———22

Table: PARTIALLY BLIND CHILDREN.

PARTIALLY BLIND CHILDREN.

At Certified Schools for the Blind.At Certified Schools for the Partially Blind.At Public Wlementary Schools.At Other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
—5———5

Table: DEAF CHILDREN.

DEAF CHILDREN.

At Certified Schools for the Deaf.At Public Elementary Schools.At Other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
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