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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Croydon 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: CLINIC FOR EDUCATIONALLY SUB-NORMAL CHILDREN.286 children were examined during 1952. The classifications arrived at, together with recommendations made, are as follows : —

CLINIC FOR EDUCATIONALLY SUB-NORMAL CHILDREN.

286 children were examined during 1952. The classifications arrived at, together with recommendations made, are as follows : —

(1) Found to be mentally defective:
(a) Found to be mentally defective and referred to Local Authority and Occupation Centre17
(b) Found to be mentally defective and referred to Local Authority for Statutory Supervision3
(c) Recommended Institutional Care and referred to Local Authority6
(2) Found to be educationally sub-normal: (a) Recommended to St. Christopher's Special School37
(b) Recommended to Residential School4
(c) Referred to Slow Stream in Ordinary Elementary School18
(d) Recommended for re-test47
(e) Deferred for Medical Treatment3
(f) Recommended for St. Giles'3
(g) Recommended Epileptic Colony1
(h) Referred back to Ordinary Elementary School85
(3) Referred to Child Guidance Clinic18
(4) Examined for other Authorities3
245
Mental Tests at St. Christopher's41
286