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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
West Ham 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Institutional cases:—
Royal School for Deaf and Dumb, Margate—three girls,
one boy.
Jewish School for Deaf and Dumb, Wandsworth—one girl.
INQUIRIES BY AFTER-CARE COMMITTEE.
Frederick Road Deaf Centre (Leavers during 1927).
One girl in Service with late Head Mistress.
One girl pattern mounting.
One girl cigarette packing.
One girl helping mother.
One boy at Margate taking further training in Manual
Work.
Water Lane Deaf Centre.
One boy works on poultry farm.
One boy assistant to a milkman.
One girl works in laundry.
One girl went to city as machinist but gave up on
account of distance.
DEFECTIVE CHILDREN.
Provision is made by the Authority for defective children at their two Special Schools, Knox Road and Grange Road.
| Number of places occupied | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mental | Defectives | Physical | Defectives | |
| Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | |
| Grange Road | 72 | 47 | 57 | 43 |
| Knox Road | 53 | 39 | 45 | 25 |
The places filled are over the original accommodation provided.
Quarterly examinations are held by the Certifying Medical
Officer in accordance with the Board's regulations. The results
of these examinations have been already recorded. It will be seen
that 21 imbeciles and 2 feeble-minded leavers were reported to the
Local Authority. Any out of school or recently developed physically
defective or mentally defective case coming to the knowledge
of the School Medical Officer is forthwith examined and, if suitable,
drafted to a Special School.
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