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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

Heston and Isleworth 1919

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]

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Table: (Heston and Isleworth).TABLE III.—NUMERICAL RETURN of all Exceptional Children in the area in 1919.

(Heston and Isleworth).

TABLE III.—NUMERICAL RETURN of all Exceptional Children in the area in 1919.

Boys.Girls.Total.
Blind(including partially blind)Attending Public Elementary Schools.........
Attending Certified Schools for the Blind112
Not at School.........
Deaf and Dumb (including partially deaf)Attending Public Elementary Schools.........
Attending Certified Schools for the Deaf1......
Not at School.........
Mentally DeficientFeeblemindedAttending Public Elementary Schools111122
Attending Certified Schools for Mentally Defective Children...11
Notified to the Local (Control) Authority during the year2...2
Not at School1...1
ImbecilesAt School1......
Not at School213
Idiots112
Epileptics.Attending Public Elementary Schools336
Attending Certified Schools for Epileptics112
Not at School112
Physically DefectivePulmonary TuberculosisAttending Public Elementary Schools10616
Attending Certified Schools for Physically Defective Children.........
Not at School.........
Other forms ofTuberculosisAttending Public Elementary Schools161228
Attending Certified Schools for Physically Defective Children.........
Not at School.........
Cripples other than TubercularAttending Public Elementary Schools325
Attending Certified Schools for1...1
Physically Defective Children Not at School213