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 Hornsey, Borough of]
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THE HANDICAPPED CHILD - Distribution in Hornsey as at 31st December, 1962
In Special Day Schools | In Special Residential Schools | In Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools | In Independent Schools | Not at School | Total | |||||||
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M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
Blind | 1 | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 6 | 2 |
Partially Sighted | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 5 |
Deaf | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 7 |
Partially Deaf | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 11 |
Educationally Sub-Normal | 69 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 82 | 55 |
Epileptic | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Maladjusted | - | - | 24 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 5 | - | - | 43 | 12 |
Physically Handicapped | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | 30 | 19 |
Speech Defects | - | - | - | 1 | 233 | 125 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 243 | 130 |
Delicate | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 12 |
Multiple Defects | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 9 | 4 |
Totals | 114 | 89 | 56 | 26 | 254 | 131 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 447 | 258 |
GRAND TOTALS | 203 | 82 | 385 | 25 | 10 | 705 |