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 West Ham]
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(c) Ceneral Review of the work of the Authority's Special Schools.
Knox Road and Orange Road Special Schools for
Mentally and Physically Defective Children.
The Special Schools at Knox Road and Grange Road have
provision for Mentally and Physically Defective children, as
follows:—
Knox Road Crange Road
95 Mental Defectives 95 Mental Defectives
80 Physical Defectives 72 Physical Defectives
All the children attending these Special Schools have annual
routine inspection, and any cases found to require treatment for
minor ailments are referred to the Clinics in the same way as
appertains with the ordinary elementary schools. Cases also found
to be in need of dental treatment are sent to a School Dental Clinic
and treated, where possible, under the Authority's scheme. A
certain number of cases are referred for treatment at the Dental
Department of a local Hospital.
Children found with defective vision are seen by the Committee's
Oculist, and assistance given in the purchase of glasses,
if necessary, as in the case of elementary school children.
Age | Number | Examined |
---|---|---|
6 | 5 | |
7 | 17 | |
8 | 18 | |
9 | 26 | |
10 | 32 | |
11 | 41 | |
12 | 38 | |
13 | 45 | |
14 | 22 | |
15 | 11 | |
Total | 255 | |
Attendance of Parents, 66.6% |
Treatment | |||
---|---|---|---|
Unclean Head | 10 | Other Eye Conditions | 1 |
Unclean Body | 4 | Otitis Media | 6 |
Scabies | 1 | Other Ear Diseases | 1 |
Other Skin Diseases | 5' | Teeth—Oral Sepsis | 7 |
Blepharitis | 3 | Anaemia | 4 |
Defective Vision | 14 | Other Defects and Diseases | 2 |
Squint |