[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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![Clauyhton Hoad Council School.—In accordance with the arrangements for ascertainment, examinations of children suspected to be mentally defective were held at various schools and clinics during the year by the Assistant Medical Officers. The results of these examinations are set out below: Total iiuiiiljcr exauiiiied—I^oys ; 14 Girls 9 — 23 Niuiiber certilied as mentally detective—Bovs 9 Girls 7 — 16^ * Three of these were notified to the local Authority under the Mental Deficiency Acts, and one was recommended for residential special school Number recommended to continue in attendance at ordinary elementary schools—Bovs 5 Girls 2 — 7 1‘2 children left the school during the year [a] on reaching the age ot 16 years 5* \b) before reaching the age of 16 years 7t * One notified to the Local Authority under the Mental Deficiency Acts, t Three were granted leave of absence. One was sent to an approved school. Two left the district. One was excluded on medical grounds.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28927333_0031.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
