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 Croydon]
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APPENDIX G
DEAF AND PARTIALLY DEAF CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE
December 31st, 1962
Numbers attending Special Schools or Units:
(a) Day Schools: | |
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Old Kent Road | 10 |
Oak Lodge | 6 |
Holman Hunt | 3 |
Peckham Park | 1 |
(b) Residential Schools: | |
Ovingdean | 5 |
Hamilton Lodge | 2 |
Mill Hall, Cuckfield | 1 |
Margate | 1 |
Mary Hare Grammer | 1 |
Rudolpm Steiner, Aberdeenshire | 1 |
Total | 31 |
(17 of these 31 children are of secondary school age).
Numbers attending Croydon Day Schools:
(a) With hearing sufficiently impaired to require regular auditory training: | |
Primary School Pupils | 57 |
Secondary School Pupils | 53 |
Total | 110 |
(b) With hearing loss not severe enough to require regular auditory training, but who need to be tested regularly: | |
Primary School Pupils | 156 |
Secondary School Pupils | 25 |
Total | 181 |
Total Number of Croydon School Children wit Impaired hearing of all Grades of severity:
Children of Primary School age | 527 |
Children of Secondary School age | 104 |
Total | 631 |