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

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Brentford and Chiswick 1935

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

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TABLE III— contd.

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 Schools1
At Public Elementary Schools10
At other Institutions
At no School or Institution
Total11
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 Schools12
At other Institutions
At no School or Institution
Total12
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 Schools1
At Public Elementary Schools
At other Institutions7
At no School or Institution1
Total9
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 Schools11
At other Institutions
At no School or Institution
Total1

* Has been excluded from school and is awaiting admission
to a Certified Special School.