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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 1920

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

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26
CO-OPERATION OF VOLUNTARY BODIES.
During the year the National Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children rendered assistance in cases of neglect, but
other Voluntary Bodies concerned in the welfare of school children
are not conspicuous in this district.
BLIND, DEAF, DEFECTIVE AND EPILEPTIC CHILDREN.
(a). Periodical returns are made by the teachers of children
judged to be abnormal. Arrangements are then made for a special
medical examination, and based upon this a report is made.
During 1920, examinations were conducted in respect of 32 children
as follows:—