London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Brentford and Chiswick 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
This page requires JavaScript
TABLE III.
Return of all Exceptional Children in the Area.
| BLIND CHILDREN | |
| Children who are so blind that they can only appropriately be taught in a school for the blind: | |
| At Certified Schools for the Blind | — |
| At Public Elementary Schools | — |
| At Other Institutions | — |
| At no School or Institution | — |
| Total | — |
PARTIALLY SIGHTED CHILDREN
| Children who have such power of vision that they can appropriately be taught in a school for the partially sighted: | |
| At Certified Schools for the Blind | 3 |
| At Certified Schools for the Partially Sighted | 2 |
| At Public Elementary Schools | - |
| At other Institutions | - |
| At no School or Institution | - |
| Total | 5 |
DEAF CHILDREN
| Children who are so deaf that they can only appropriately be taught in a School for the Deaf: | |
| At Certified Schools for the Deaf | 5 |
| At Public Elementary Schools | - |
| At other Institutions | - |
| At no School or Institution | - |
| Total | 5 |
PARTIALLY DEAF CHILDREN
| Children who can appropriately be taught only in a school for the partially deaf: | |
| At Certified Schools for the Deaf and Partially Deaf | 2 |
| At Public Elementary Schools | 2 |
| At other Institutions | - |
| At no School or Institution | - |
| Total | 4 |