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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Table XXIV.
Elementary Education. Incidence of Exceptional Children (rates per 1,000 of school population).
Year | Blind and partially blind | Deaf and partially deaf | Mentally defectives (including cases notified to Local Authority) | Epileptic | Physically defective | Total defectives (including multiple defects) | ||||||
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No. | Rate per 1,000 | No. | Rate per 1,000 | No. | Rate per 1,000 | No. | Rate per 1,000 | No. | Rate per 1,000 | No. | Rate per 1,000 | |
1920 | 26 | 0.50 | 342 | 6.54 | 265 | 5.07 | 97 | 1.85 | 2,429 | 46.44 | 3,159 | 60.39 |
1921 | 116 | 2.20 | 349 | 6.62 | 353 | 6.70 | 69 | 1.31 | 2,204 | 41.84 | 3,091 | 58.68 |
1922 | 158 | 2.98 | 343 | 6.47 | 359 | 6.77 | 76 | 1.43 | 1,497 | 28.24 | 2,433 | 45.90 |
1923 | 47 | 0.89 | 93 | 1.75 | 251 | 4.74 | 63 | M9 | 819 | 15.45 | 1,273 | 24.02 |
1924 | 37 | 0.72 | 57 | 111 | 262 | 5 12 | 85 | 1.66 | 482 | 9.43 | 923 | 18.05 |
1925 | 41 | 0.81 | 87 | 1.72 | 252 | 4.98 | 60 | 1.18 | 538 | 10.62 | 978 | 19.31 |
1926 | 36 | 0.72 | 82 | 1.63 | 252 | 5.01 | 64 | 1.27 | 651 | 12.95 | 1,085 | 21.58 |
1927 | 44 | 0.89 | 68 | 1.37 | 262 | 5.28 | 68 | 1.37 | 681 | 13.71 | 1,123 | 22.61 |
1928 | 50 | 1.02 | 89 | 1.82 | 283 | 5.78 | 32 | 0.65 | 633 | 12.93 | 1,087 | 22.21 |
1929 | 45 | 0.95 | 85 | 1.80 | 304 | 6.43 | 29 | 0.61 | 528 | 11.17 | 991 | 20.96 |
1930 | 44 | 0.95 | 70 | 1.51 | 296 | 6.36 | 26 | 056 | 580 | 12.47 | 1,016 | 21.84 |
1931 | 36 | 0.78 | 74 | 1.61 | 279 | 6.08 | 31 | 0.68 | 644 | 14.03 | 1,072 | 23.35 |
1932 | 26 | 0.57 | 68 | 1.50 | 255 | 5.63 | 28 | 0.62 | 629 | 13.89 | 1,015 | 22.42 |
1933 | 22 | 0.49 | 46 | 1.03 | 265 | 5.93 | 19 | 0.42 | 774 | 17.31 | 1,131 | 25.29 |
1934 | 18 | 0.41 | 39 | 0.90 | 234 | 5.41 | 16 | 0.37 | 735 | 17.00 | 1,048 | 24.24 |
1935 | 18 | 0.44 | 39 | 0.96 | 232 | 5.71 | 15 | 0.37 | 768 | 18.90 | 1,078 | 26.54 |
1936 | 19 | 0.49 | 41 | 1.07 | 212 | 5.52 | 13 | 0.34 | 755 | 19.64 | 1,046 | 27.22 |
1937 | 18 | 0.50 | 39 | 1.08 | 211 | 5.85 | 16 | 0.44 | 942 | 26.11 | 1,229 | 34.06 |