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 East Ham]
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Table III.—Numerical Return of all Exceptional Children
in the Area in 1920.
Boys.
Girls.
Total.
Blind (including partially
blind), within the meaning
of the Elementary
Education (Blind and
Deaf Children) Act,
1893.
Attending Public Elementary
Schools
2
-
2
Attending Certified Schools for
the Blind
7
1
8
Not at School
3
3
6
At Private School
—
1
1
Deaf and Dumb (including
partially deaf),
within the meaning of
the Elementary Education
(Blind and Deaf
Children) Act, 1893.
Attending Public Elementary
Schools
1
1
2
Attending Certified Schools for
the Deaf
9
8
17
Not at School
Mentally
Deficient.
Feeble
Minded.
Attending Public Elementary
Schools
1
1
Attending Special Classes for
Backward Children
5
1
6
Attending Certified Schools for
Mentally Defective Children
7
4
11
Notified to the Local Control
Authority by Local Education
Authority during the year
6
2
8
Not at School
22
23
45
Imbeciles.
At School
1
1
Not at School
5
2
7
Notified to Board of Control
-
-
-
Idiots.
Notified to Board of Control
—
-
—
Epileptics.
Attending Public Elementary
Schools
7
7
14
Attending Certified Schools for
Epileptics
1
1
2
In Institutions other than Certified
Schools
1
-
1
Not at School
1
5
6
Physically
Defective.
Pulmonary
Tuberculosis.
Attending Public Elementary
Schools
7
4
11
Attending Certified Schools for
Physically Defective Children
In Institutions other than Certified
Schools
11
5
16
Not at School
—
—
—