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.