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 London County Council]
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Handicapped pupils
Day | Boarding | |
---|---|---|
Blind | — | 5 |
Partially sighted | 36 | — |
Deaf and partially deaf | 52 | 4 |
Delicate | 455 | 246* |
E.S.N. | 798 | 92 |
Epileptic | — | 1 |
Maladjusted | 267 | 262 |
Physically handicapped | 159 | 14 |
Speech defect | l,179† | 30† |
Dual defect | — | 65 |
* Including diabetic and E.S.N./delicate.
† Including pupils attending special schools for other defects.
Day special schools | Boarding special schools | Non-council boarding schools, hostels, foster-homes hospitals, etc. | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Blind | – | 66 | 36 | 102 |
Partially sighted | 252 | — | 12 | 264 |
Deaf and partially deaf | 254* | 33 | 117 | 404 |
Physically handicapped | 855 | 68 | 406 | 1,329 |
Delicate | 1,374 | 135 | 123 | 1,632 |
Educationally subnormal | 3,385 | 606 | 95 | 4,086 |
Epileptic † | — | — | 26 | 26 |
Maladjusted | 198 | 321 | 516 | 1,035 |
6,318 | 1,229 | 1,331 | 8,878 |
* Includes 82 pupils in partially deaf units.
† A number of epileptic children (apart from those in ordinary school) are placed in schools for the delicate,
physically handicapped or educationally subnormal.
Educationally subnormal pupils—Section 57 of the Education Act, 1944 (as amended
by the Mental Health Act, 1959) deals with the examination and reporting to the local
health authority of children who are considered unsuitable for education at school, the
review of cases previously reported to the local health authority and the cancellation of the
report where the child on re-examination is found to be suitable for education at school.
Details of the number of children dealt with under this section are as follows:
1959 | 1960 | 1961 | |
---|---|---|---|
Children not in any school | 86 | 84 | 100 |
Children in ordinary schools | 6 | — | 3 |
Children in special schools | 97 | 57 | 68 |
Children receiving home tuition under section 56 | |||
of the Education Act, 1944 | 1 | — | 1 |
190 | 141 | 172 |
Section 51/A—Review of cases:
Number reviewed 20
Still considered unsuitable for education
at school 16
Cancellation of report 4
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