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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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Table: (Heston and Isleworth).TABLE III.—NUMERICAL RETURN of all Exceptional Children in the area in 1920.

(Heston and Isleworth).

TABLE III.—NUMERICAL RETURN of all Exceptional Children in the area in 1920.

Hoys.Girls.Total
Blind (including partially blind) within the meaning of the Elementary Education (Blind and Deaf Children) Act, 1893.Attending Public Elementary Schools.........
Attending Certified Schools for the Blind...11
Not at School.........
Deaf and Dumb (including partially deaf) within the meaning of the Elementary Education (Blind and Deaf Children) Act, 1893.Attending Public Elementary Schools.........
Attending Certified Schools for the Deaf1...1
Not at School1...1
Mentally DeficientFeeblemindedAttending Public Elementary Schools131326
Attending Certified Schools for Mentally Defective Children213
Notified to the Local (Control) Authority during the year...33
Not at School336
ImbecilesAt School.........
Not at School224
Idiots112
Epileptics.Attending Public Elementary Schools134
Attending Certified Schools for Epileptics.........
In Instiutions other than Certified Schools.........
Not at School...11
Physically DefectivePulmonary TuberculosisAttending Public Elementary Schools347
Attending Certified Schools for.........
Physically Defective Children In Institutions other than Certi314
fied Schools Not at School1...1
Crippling due to TuberculosisAttending Public Elementary314
Attending Certified Schools for1...1
Physically Defective Children In Institutions other than Certified Schools459
Not at School2...2