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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 1932

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

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Table: TABLE III.— Continued.

TABLE III.— Continued.

BoysGirlsTotal
Delicate children, i.e., all children (except those included in other groups) whose general health renders it desirable that they should be specially selected for admission to an Open Air School.
At Certified Residential Cripple Schools.........
At Certified Day Cripple Schools.........
At Certified Residential Open
Air Schools112
At Certified Day Open Air Schools.........
At Public Elementary Schools9066156
At other Institutions5...5
At no School or Institution336
Physically Defective (continued).Crippled Children (other than those with active tuberculous disease) who are suffering from a degree of crippling sufficiently severe to interfere materially with a child's normal mode of life.At Certified Hospital Schools1...1
At Certified Residential Cripple Schools1...1
At Certified Day Cripple Schools.........
At Certified Residential Open Air Schools ............
At Certified Day Open Air Schools.........
At Public Elementary Schools17 (3)1027 (3)*
At other Institutions.........
At no School or Institution ...2 (»)3 (»)5 (4)*
Children with heart disease, i.e., children whose defect is so severe as to necessitate the provision of education facilities other than those of the public elementary school.At Certified Hospital Schools...11
At Certified Residential Cripple Schools.........
At Certified Day Cripple Schools.........
At Certified Resid'ental Open Air Schools ............
At Certified Day Open Air Schools.........
At Public Elementarv Schools...22
At other Institutions......• • •
At no School or Institution.........
* The figures in brackets indicate the number of children who should be receiving Special School Education.

Table: Children Suffering from Multiple Defects.

Children Suffering from Multiple Defects.

Boys (2)
Case No. 1Severe Epilepsy Certified Mental DefectiveAt no School or Institution
Case No. 2...Paralysis lower limbs Certified Mental DefectiveDitto.
Girls (2)
Case No. 1Totally Blind Mentally retarded Too retarded for ordinary Blind School.At Court Grange Special School, South Devon
Case No. 2Ditto.Ditto