London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Heston and Isleworth 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
This page requires JavaScript
TABLE III.—
PHYSICALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN. A. Tuberculous Children.
I.—CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS.
| At Certified Special Schools. | At Public Elementary Schools. | At Other Institutions. | At no School or Institution. | Total. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | |||||
| II.—CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM NON-PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. | |||||||||
| At Certified Special Schools. | At Public Elementary Schools. | At Other Institutions. | At no School or Institution. | Total. | |||||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| B. Delicate Children. | |||||||||
| At Certified Special Schools. | At Public Elementary Schools. | At Other Institutions. | At no School or Institution. | Total. | |||||
| 21 | 162 | 1 | 2 | 186 | |||||
| C. Crippled Children. | |||||||||
| At Certified Special Schools. | At Public Elementary Schools. | At Other Institutions. | At no School or Institution. | Total. | |||||
| 3 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 37 | |||||
| D. Children with Heart Disease. | |||||||||
| At Certified Special Schools. | At Public Elementary Schools. | At Other Institutions. | At no School or Institution. | Total. | |||||
| — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Children Suffering from Multiple Defects. | |||||||||
| Combination of Defect. | At Certified Special Schools. | At Public Elementary Schools. | At other Institutions. | At no School. or Institution. | Total. | ||||
| Mental Defect (Feeble Minded) and Severe Epilepsy. | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| *Mental Defect (Feeble Minded) and suspected Epilepsy. | 1 | 1 | |||||||
*Three Special Schools have rejected this case.
46