Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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and hospital doctor and the school attended. A confidential file containing medical
details for each child is kept in the Health Department and is kept up to date with
information from hospitals, school doctors and education authorities. Copies of
relevant information are forwarded to doctors in the schools. The register ensures
that each child receives all of the help and special facilities that are available to
it and also provides statistics from which future requirements for medical and
educational care of handicapped children can be predicted.
Table 16
OBSERVATION/HANDICAP REGISTER
Type of School | Schoolchildren | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
No. attending Day school | No. attending Boarding school | |||
Physically handicapped | 89 | 11 | 100 | |
Delicate | 112 | 39 | 151 | |
Deaf | 39 | 11 | 50 | |
Partially hearing | 44 | 2 | 46 | |
Blind | — | 6 | 6 | |
Partially sighted | 29 | 1 | 30 | |
Autistic | 12 | 1 | 13 | |
E.S.N. | 563 | 60 | 623 | |
Maladjusted | 50 | 73 | 123 | |
Other | — | 5 | 5 | |
Hospital school | — | 7 | 7 | |
Totals | 938 | 216 | 1,154 | |
Home tuition | 13 | |||
Training Centre | 40 | |||
Special Care Unit | 26 | |||
Special Hospital | 6 | |||
Approved school | 8 | |||
Number of children at Woodlands O.A. School | 48 | |||
Number of children at Woodlands Autistic Unit | 3 | |||
Number of children at Brent Knoll O.A. School | 46 |
Table 17
Year of Birth | No. of schoolchildren |
---|---|
1951 | 82 |
1952 | 94 |
1953 | 169 |
1954 | 189 |
1955 | 170 |
1956 | 184 |
1957 | 186 |
1958 | 189 |
1959 | 167 |
1960 | 187 |
1961 | 161 |
1962 | 155 |
1963 | 99 |
1964 | 46 |
1965 | 10 |
1966 | 1 |
2,089 |