London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Brentford and Chiswick 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]

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TABLE III— contd.

MENTALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN Feeble-Minded Children
Children who are incapable by reason of mental defect of receiving proper benefit from the instruction in an Elementary School, but are not incapable of receiving benefit from instruction in Special Schools for mentally defective children, and for whose education and maintenance the Local Education Authority are responsible:
At Certified Schools for Mentally Defective Children3
At Public Elementary Schools22
At other Institutions-
At no School or Institution1
Total26
EPILEPTIC CHILDREN
Children suffering from Severe Epilepsy Children, who not being idiots or imbeciles, are unfit by reason of severe epilepsy to attend the ordinary Public Elementary School :
At Certified Special Schools1
At Public Elementary Schools-
At other Institutions-
At no School or Institution-
Total1
PHYSICALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN
Children who, by reason of physical defect, are incapable of receiving proper benefit from the instruction in the ordinary Public Elementary Schools, but are not incapable of receiving benefit from instruction in Special Schools for physically defective children :
A.—Tuberculous Children :
1. Children suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis (including pleura and intra-thoracic glands):
At Certified Special Schools-
At Public Elementary Schools-
At other Institutions2
At no school or Institution-
Total2
2. Children suffering from Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis:
At Certified Special Schools
At Public E'ementary Schools1
At other Institutions1
At no School or Institution-
Total2