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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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17.—BLIND, DEAF, MENTALLY DEFECTIVE AND
EPILEPTIC CHILDREN.
The number of these children is shewn in Table III.
These children are discovered partly at the various
inspections and clinics and partly by the Head Teachers, who
supply lists of all such children they know are attending the
schools. Those not sent to Special Schools are kept under
observation and " backward " children are taught in special
classes.
Those sent to Special Schools during the year are shown in
the following table :—