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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
Tottenham 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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| CATEGORY | ASCERTAINMENT | DISTRIBUTION (as at last day of year) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of ascertained Cases known 1st day of year | No. of New Cases ascertained during year | No. of ascertained Cases known last day of year | In Special Day Schools | In Special Residential Schools | In Maintained Primary and Secy. Schools | In Independent Schools | Not at School | Total | ||||||||||
| B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | |
| Blind Pupils | 5 | 2 | - | 3 | 4 | 5 | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Partially Sighted Pupils | 8 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 9 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| Deaf Pupils | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 11 | 6 |
| Partially Deaf Pupils | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 |
| Delicate Pupils | 46 | 17 | 42 | 31 | 34 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | 34 | 28 |
| Diabetic Pupils | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Educationally Sub-Normal Pupils | 66 | 52 | 18 | 11 | 67 | 49 | 39 | 31 | 4 | - | 22 | 18 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 67 | 49 |
| Epileptic Pupils | 3 | 5 | - | 3 | 1 | 7 | - | - | 1 | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Maladjusted Pupils | 25 | 6 | 50 | 18 | 62 | 17 | - | - | 10 | 3 | 50 | 12 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 62 | 17 |
| Physically Handicapped Pupils | 37 | 33 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 29 | 25 | 25 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 30 | 29 |
| Pupils with Speech Defects | 95 | 37 | 69 | 34 | 153 | 56 | - | - | - | - | 142 | 54 | 2 | - | 9 | 2 | 153 | 56 |
| Pupils with Multiple Defects | 8 | 3 | 2 | - | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 2 |
| Totals | 308 | 175 | 195 | 117 | 384 | 217 | 86 | 77 | 48 | 35 | 227 | 95 | 3 | - | 20 | 11 | 384 | 217 |
| Grand Totals | 483 | 312 | 601 | 163 | 83 | 322 | 3 | 31 | 601 | |||||||||
| Children not ascertained as H. P. but recommended convalescence | B | G | ||||||||||||||||
| in Holiday Home or Camp School during year ended 31st December, 1950 | 116 | 138 | ||||||||||||||||