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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 1921

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

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(Heston and Isleworth)

Table: TABLE III.—NUMERICAL RETURN of all Exceptional Children in the area in 1921.

TABLE III.—NUMERICAL RETURN of all Exceptional Children in the area in 1921.

BoysGirlsTotal
Blind(including partially blind) within the meaning of theElementary Education (Blind and Deaf Children) Act, 1893.Attending Public Elementary Schools.........
Attending Certified Schools for the Blind1...1
Not at School.........
Deaf and Dumb (including partially deaf) within the meaning of theElementary Education (Blind and Deaf Children) Act, 1893.Attending Public Elementary Schools.........
Attending Certified Schools for the Deaf2...2
Not at School112
Mentally DeficientFeeblemindedAttending Public Elementary Schools91524
Attending Certified Schools for Mentally Defective Children2...2
Notified to the Local (Control) Authority during the year1...1
Not at School426
ImbecilesAt School.........
Not at School224
Idiots112
Epileptics.Attending Public Elementary Schools134
Attending Certified Schools for Epileptics...11
In Institutions other than Certified Schools.........
Not at School...11
Physically DefectivePulmonary TuberculosisAttending Public Elementary Schools112
Attending Certified Schools for Physically Defective Children.........
In Institutions other than Certified Schools.........
Not at School.........
Crippling due to TuberculosisAttending Public Elementary Schools2...2
Attending Certified Schools for Physically Defective Children1...1
In Institutions other than Certified Schools1...1
Not at School3...3