[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.
- Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1939
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Children who are able by naeans of suitable glasses to read the ordinary school books used by children without fatigue or injury to their vision are not included in this table. Nuinher on register ‘36 During tlie year 4 new cases were added to the register. Below is a classification of the detects from which these partially siglited (‘hildren suffer : Myopia 5 Myopic astigmatism li Coineal nebulae -Z Corneai nebulae and myopic astigmatism 1 Nystagmus 2 Hyj)eiineti'0]tic astigmatism and nystagmus 2 Congenital cataract It Coloboma iris and choroid 3 Oi)tic atro[)by 2 Congenital aniridia 1 Congenital bni)btbalmos 1 3G DEAF CHILDREN A deaf child is defined by Section 69 of the Education Act, 1921, as one who is “ too deaf to be taught in a class of hearing children in an elementary school.” This definition covers some children who are totally, or almost totally, deaf and can only be appropriately taught in a school for deaf children, and others who have partial hearing and can be appropriately taught in a school for partially deaf children. Only the first class is included in this section. Numher at Certified Schools for the Deaf 14 Number at no school or institution 6 2U PARTIALLY DEAF CHILDREN In this section are included children who can appropriately be taught only in a school for the partially deaf. Number on register 19 MENTALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN Mentally defective children are children who, not being imbecile and not being merely dull or backward, are incapable by reason of mental defect of receiving proper benefit from the instruction in the ordinary public elementary schools but are not incapable by reason of that defect of receiving benefit from instruction in special schools for mentally defective children. The following table includes all such children except those who have been notified to the Local Authority under the IMental Deficiency Act in accordance with Article 3 of the Mental Deficiency (Notification of Children) Regulations, 1928. Particulars relating to these children are entered in the return of notified children (see following page). Number on register ,, 112](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28927333_0030.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
