[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.
- Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1944
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![E PILEPTIC CH ILDPt EN Jij this ])art oi tliu talhe '>niy tliosc cliildreii arc iiicladed who arc c|/iie]jtic within liic meaning of the Act, in*., cliildrcn uiio, not being idiots or imbeciles, are unfit by reason ol st vere ej41e|.s\ to attend the oi-dinaiy Ihjblic I'llemantaiy Schools. (t* or ])ractjcal [ujijjoses tlie ihjard ai e of o|;iiji(jn that childj ; Ji \\ iio <•!(■(' subject to attacks ol n^ajo)’ f|ale|isy in schocjl should be ff-corded as “ sevei'e ” cases and excluded fi'om^ oi-diiiary Public Elementarv Scliools.) Xumbe)’ on r('‘nsler 0 PH YSICA ELY 1)1'EE( HI VE Cl 11 EDllEX Tl HHHCUI.OUS CHILIJHEN Only children diagnosed as tuberculous and rct^uiring treatment for tuberculosis at a saiuitorium, a dispensary, or t ls'*where are recorded in this Cvategory. ('hildi'en suffej-ing from crip])ling due to tuberculosis which is regarded as being no longer in need of treatment are recordf d as crippled children, provided that the degree of i'rij)pling conforms to the description of a crippled child given at the head of Section (' below. All other tuberculous children who are regarded as being no longer in need of treatment are recorded as delicate children j>rovided the i\P dical Officer is ju'eiaired to certify under Section 55 of the Piducaticin Act, 1921, that tliey are inca])ahle by reason of physical defect of receiving proper benefit from the instruction in the ordinary Public Elementary Schools. I.—a ilLDKKN .Slil FEHlNG I ’RO.M PUI.MON.\RV 'riJBF.IfCl T.OSIS (Including pleura and intra-thoracic glandsj Xumber on register 35 -CHILDRI'N SUFFERIXCi F1U)M NON-PI LMONARY TFBFRCI’LOSIS (This category includes tuberculosis of all sites other than those shown in (I) above) Xumber on register 183 B.—DELICATE CHILDREN This section is confined to children (except those included in othei groups) \vhose general health renders it urgently desirable that they should be specially selected for admission to an Open Air School. Such children are included irrespective of the actual provision of Open Air Schools in the area, or of the practicability in present circumstances of sending the children to Eesidential Schools. Children are not classed as suitable for admission to an Open Air School unless the Adedical Officer is prepared to certify under Section 55 of the Education Act, 1921, that they are incapable by reason of physical defect of receiving proper benefit from the instruction in the ordinary Public Elementary Schools.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28927382_0046.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
