The feeble-minded child and adult : a report on an investigation of the physical and mental condition of 50,000 school children, with suggestions for the better education and care of the feeble-minded children and adults / by a special committee of the Council of the Charity Organisation Society.

  • Family Welfare Association (Great Britain)
Date:
1893
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Credit: The feeble-minded child and adult : a report on an investigation of the physical and mental condition of 50,000 school children, with suggestions for the better education and care of the feeble-minded children and adults / by a special committee of the Council of the Charity Organisation Society. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE I. ALL THE SCHOOLS (i.— CVI.) Combined Conditions of Defect. Total No. of Cases presenting the Combination. Also Mentally Dull. Defect in development with nerve signs Boys. 1975 Girls. 1036 Total. 3071 Boys. 835 Girls. 475 Total. 1310 Defect in development with low nutrition 733 726 1459 291 290 581 Defect in development with low nutrition and nerve signs 412 381 793 192 157 349 No defect in development and no nerve signs 525 394 919 185 134 319 TABLE II. ALL THE SCHOOLS (i.—CVI.) Total No. of Cases presenting the Condition. Mental dullness also present in Defect in Development also present in Nerve Signs also present in Low Nutri- tion also present in Mental dullness— Boys. Girls. Total. 2216 1463 3679 — 1398 928 2326 1370 880 2250 402 395 797 Defect in development— 3616 2235 6851 1398 928 2326 — 1975 1096 3071 733 726 1459 Nerve signs— 3113 2074 5487 1370 880 2250 1975 1096 3071 — 635 598 1233 Low nutrition— 1030 973 2003 402 395 797 733 726 1459 035 598 1233 —