Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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TABLE III—
| B.—Delicate Children : | |
| 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 Special Schools | 1 |
| At Public Elementary Schools | 10 |
| At other Institutions | — |
| At no School or Institution | – |
| Total | 11 |
| C.—Crippled Children : | |
| Children (other than those diagnosed as tuberculous and in | |
| need of treatment for that disease) who are suffering from | |
| a degree of crippling sufficiently severe to interfere materially | |
| with a child's normal mode of life : | |
| At Certified Special Schools | – |
| At Public Elementary Schools | 12 |
| At other Institutions | – |
| At no School or Institution | – |
| Total | 12 |
| D.—Children with Heart Disease : | |
| Children whose defect is so severe as to necessitate the provision | |
| of educational facilities other than those of the Public | |
| Elementary School: | |
| At Certified Special Schools | 1 |
| At Public Elementary Schools | – |
| At other Institutions | 7 |
| At no School or Institution | 1 |
| Total | 9 |
| CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE DEFECTS | |
| Chi'dren suffering from any combination of the following types of | |
| Defect : Total Blindness, Total Deafness, Mental Defect, Severe | |
| Epilepsy, Active Tuberculosis, Crippling or Heart Disease. | |
| Combination of Defect— | |
| Epileptic and Feeble-minded— | |
| At Certified Special Schools | – |
| At Public Elementary Schools | 11 |
| At other Institutions | – |
| At no School or Institution | – |
| Total | 1 |
* Has been excluded from school and is awaiting admission
to a Certified Special School.