London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Brentford and Chiswick 1936
[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 Schools | 2 |
| At Public Elementary Schools | - |
| At other Institutions | - |
| At no School or Institution | - |
| Total | 2 |
| 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 | 1 |
| At Public Elementary Schools | 10 |
| At other Institutions | 1 |
| 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 | 3 |
| At other Institutions | 6 |
| At no School or Institution | - |
| Total | 10 |
| CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE DEFECTS Children 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 | - |
| At other Institutions | 1* |
| At no School or Institution | — |
| Total | 1 |
* Awaiting admission to a Certified Special School.