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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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| At Certified Schools for the Deaf. | At Certified Schools for the Partially Deaf. | At Public Elementary Schools | At Other Institutions. | At no School or Institution. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | — | 3 | — | — | 10 |
| At Certified Schools for Mentally Defective Children. | At Public Elementary Schools | At Other Institutions. | At no School or Institution. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 182 | 13 | — | 12 | 207 |
Children Notified by the Local Education Authority to the Local
Mental Deficiency Authority.
Diagnosis. Boys Girls
1. (i) Children incapable of receiving benefit
or further benefit from instruction in a
Special School:
(a) Idiots — 1
(b) Imbeciles 3 2
(c) Others 11 3
(ii) Children unable to be instructed in a
Special School without detriment to
the interests of other children:
(a) Moral defectives — —
(b) Others — —
2 Feeble-minded children notified on leaving
a Special School on or before attaining
the age of 16 6 1
3. Feeble-minded children notified under
Article 3, i.e., "special circumstances"
cases — —
4. Children who in addition to being mentally
defective were blind or deaf — —
Number of children notified 20 7
194