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Walthamstow 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Table: TABLE III.NumericalReturn of allExceptionalChildren in the Area in 1921.

TABLE III.

NumericalReturn of allExceptionalChildren in the Area in 1921.

Boys.Girls.Totals.
Blind (including partially blind), within the meaning of the Elementary Education (Blind and Deaf Children) Act, 1893Attending Public Elementary Schools---
Attending Certified Schools for Blind213
Not at School---
Myope Centre213253
Deaf and Dumb (including partially deaf;, within the meaning of the Elementary Education (Blind and Deaf Children) Act, 1893.Attending Public Elementary Schools
Attending Certified Schools for Deaf15823
Not at School---
Mentally DeficientFeeble MindedAttending Public Elementary Schools---
Attending Certified Schools for Men-tallv Defective Children ...322860
Notified to the Local Control Authority by Local Education Authority during the year :-
Imbeciles213
Idiots---
Not at School---
ImbecilesNot at School516
At School---
Idiots---
EpilepticsAttending Public Elementary Schools171936
Attending Certified Schools for Epileptics
In Institutions other than Certified Schools---
Not at Schools---
Physically DefectivePulmonary TuberculosisAttending Public Elementary Schools15924
Attending Certified Schools for Physically Defective---
Schools505
Not at School549
Cripplingdue to TuberculosisAttending Public Elementary Schools392059
Attending Certified Schools for Physically Defective Children In Institutions othei than Certified112
Schools---
Not at School161733
Crippling due to causes other than Tuberculosis, i.e., Paralysis, Rickets, TraumatismAttending Public Elementary Schools251843
Physically Defective Children In Institutions other than Certified---
Schools---
Not at School171027
Other Physical Defectives, e.g., delicate and other children suitable for admission to Open-Air Schools ; children sufferingfrom severe heart disease.Attending Public Elementary Schools120210330
Attending Open-Air Schools--
Attending Certified Schools for Physically Defective Children other than Open-air Schools---
Not at School---
Dull or BackwardRetarded 2 years272266538
Retarded 3 years6360123