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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

Wimbledon 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Table: TABLE III.—continued.

TABLE III.—continued.

Boys.Girls.Total.
Pulmonary TuberculosisAttending Public Elementary Schools134
Attending Certified Schools for Physically Defective Children---
In Institutions other than Certified Schools---
Not at School---
Crippling due to TuberculosisAttending Public Elementary Schools3-3
Attending Certified Schools for Physically Defective Children---
In Institutions other than Certified Schools---
Not at School---
Physically DefectiveCrippling due to causes otherAttending Public Elementary Schools369
than Tuberculosis, i e. Paralysis, Rickets,Attending Certified Schools for Physically Defective Children314
TraumatismIn Institutions other than Certified Schools---
Not at School-11
Other Physical Defectives, e.g. delicate and other children suitable for admission to Open Air Schools and children suffer-ing from severe Heart DiseaseAttending Public Elementary Schools369
Attending Open - Air Schools---
Attending Certified Schools for Physically Defective Children other than Open-Air Schools---
Not at School---
Dull or BackwardRetarded two years132235
Retarded three years---