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West Ham 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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1 girl Power Machinist.
1 girl at Gown Manufacturer's.
1 girl Mother's Help.
Water Lane Deaf Centre.
1 boy assists Father (Coal Merchant).
2 girls Trade Training at Margate School for Deaf.
1 girl totally deaf and threatened with blindness.
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 | 45 | 38 | 84 | 46 |
| Knox Road | 53 | 34 | 51 | 75 |
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 31 imbeciles and 7 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.
EPILEPSY.
Table III. (d) gives a summary of epileptics found among
school children during 1928. Only the more severe cases are
excluded from school.
A number of West Ham epileptic children are boarded out in
Institutions as follows :—
Chalfont St. Peter's Home for Epileptics—1 boy.
Lingfield Colony for Epileptics—2 boys.
Fountain Mental Hospital, Tooting—1 boy.
Forest Gate Sick Home—3 boys, 3 girls.
St. Elizabeth's School for Epileptics, Much Hadam—1 boy.
There are 7 cases of severe epilepsy out of school, and 3
slighter cases.
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