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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 1938
[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 | 2 |
| At Public Elementary Schools | 16 |
| At other Institutions | - |
| At no School or Institution | - |
| Total | 18 |
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 | 2 |
| At Public Elementary Schools | 11 |
| At other Institutions | - |
| At no School or Institution | - |
| Total | 13 |
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 | 5 | |
| At Public Elementary Schools | - | |
| At other Institutions | 4 | |
| At no School or Institution | 1 | |
| Total | 10 | |
CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE DEFECTS
| Chi'dten suffering from any combination of the following types of Defects: Total Blindness, Total Deafness, Mental Defect, Severe Epilepsy, Active Tuberculosis, Crippling, Heart Disease. Combination of Defect— | |
| Epileptic and Feeble-minded— | |
| At Certified Special Schools | 1 |
| At Public Elementary Schools | — |
| At other Institutions | — |
| At no School or Institution | — |
| Total | 1 |