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Hornsey 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE 25—HANDICAPPED CHILDREN—DISTRIBUTION AS AT 31st DECEMBER, 1955
| CATEGORY | In Special Day Schools | In Special Residential Schools | In Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools | In Independent Schools | Not at School | TOTAL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | |
| Blind Pupils | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 2 |
| Partially Sighted Pupils | 1 | 4 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 5 |
| Deaf Pupils | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 |
| Partially Deaf Pupils | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 4 |
| Educationally Sub-Normal Pupils | 16 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 5 | . | 1 | 1 | 4 | . | 33 | 25 |
| Epileptic Pupils | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Maladjusted Pupils | . | . | 15 | 4 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 17 | 4 |
| Physically Handicapped Pupils | 6 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 8 | 2 |
| Pupils with Speech Defects | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 74 | 22 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 78 | 26 |
| Delicate Pupils | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 9 | 8 |
| Pupils with Multiple Defects | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| TOTALS | 30 | 34 | 35 | 18 | 80 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 154 | 79 |
| GRAND TOTALS | 64 | 53 | 103 | 7 | 233 | |||||||