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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 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Table: TABLE III—continuedB.—DELICATE CHILDREN.

TABLE III—continuedB.—DELICATE CHILDREN.

At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary Schools.At Other I nsti tu-tions.At no School or Institution.Total.
2291133

Table: C.—CRIPPLED CHILDREN.

C.—CRIPPLED CHILDREN.

At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary Schools.At Other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
47...112

Table: D.—CHILDREN WITH HEART DISEASE.

D.—CHILDREN WITH HEART DISEASE.

At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary Schools.At Other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
214......16

Table: CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE DEFECTS.Children suffering from any combination of the following types of defect:—

CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE DEFECTS.

Children suffering from any combination of the following types of defect:—

Blindness (excluding partially sighted children).
Deafness (excluding partially deaf children).
Mental Defect (Feeble-minded).
Severe Epilepsy.
Active Tuberculosis.
Crippling (as defined in Section C above).
Heart Disease.
Combination of Defect.At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
Crippled and Mentally Defective1.........1