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 Tottenham]
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Table III.— RETURN OF ALL EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN
IN THE AREA.
Children Suffering from Multiple Defects.
Children suffering from any combination of the following types of defects:— Blindness (not partial Blindness), Deafness (not partial Deafness), Mental Defect, Epilepsy, Active Tuberculosis, Crippling (as defined in the penultimate category of the Table), Heart Disease—Total 12.
Dcfects. | Type of School Attending (if any). | |
---|---|---|
3 Girls | Crippling and Mental Defective | Day Special School for Mentally Defective Children. |
5 Boys and 1 Girl | Crippling and Heart Disease | Day Special School for Physically Defective Children. |
1 Boy | Crippling and Deafness | Unfit to attend School. |
1 Girl | Crippling and Heart Disease | Unfit to attend School. |
1 Boy | Tuberculous Cervical Glands and Heart Disease | Unfit to attend School. |
At Certified Schools for the Blind. | At Public Elementary Schools. | At Other Institutions. | At no School or Institution. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|---|
3 | — | — | — | 3 |
At Certified Schools for the Blind. | At Certified Schools for the Partially Blind. | At Public Elementary Schools. | At Other Institutions. | At no School or Institution. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | 13 | — | — | — | 17 |