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 Brent]
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Hostel accommodation is occasionally required when home conditions are poor and management of
the child's diabetes by the parents is faulty.
Brent is fortunate in having a Health Visitor particularly concerned with the diabetic patient. Her
work entails attendance at the Diabetic Clinic at Central Middlesex Hospital and help in co-ordinating the
treatment recommended by the Physician, by visiting the home and, in the case of children, advising the mother
how to carry out the Physician's instructions and manage her child's diet, and by visits to school to ensure
that staff there understand something of diabetes and in this way avoiding considerable unnecessary anxiety.
RETURN OF HANDICAPPED PUPILS, YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1970
Ascertainment
Category | No. of ascertained Cases known 1st day of year | No. of New Cases ascertained during year | No. of ascertained Cases known last day of year | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B | G | B | G | B | G | |
Blind Pupils | 6 | — | — | — | 6 | — |
Partially-Sighted Pupils | 11 | 7 | — | 1 | 12 | 9 |
Deaf Pupils | 13 | 7 | — | 5 | 12 | 12 |
Partially Deaf Pupils | 15 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 19 |
Delicate Pupils | 39 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 43 | 21 |
Diabetic Pupils | ||||||
Educ. Sub-Normal Pupils | 129 | 119 | 25 | 31 | 131 | 128 |
Epileptic Pupils | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
Maladjusted Pupils | 119 | 31 | 42 | 18 | 144 | 43 |
Physically Handicapped Pupils | 34 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 27 |
Pupils with Speech Defects | 781 | 274 | 95 | 52 | 798 | 297 |
Pupils with Multiple Defects | 37 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 35 | 18 |
Totals | 1,194 | 524 | 186 | 121 | 1,240 | 575 |
Grand Totals | 1,718 | 307 | 1,815 |