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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 1970

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: TABLE 10Children requiring Special Education, 1970

TABLE 10

Children requiring Special Education, 1970

CATEGORYNew Cases Ascertained by Committee* New AdmissionsNumber of Children receiving Specie1 Educational Treatment 23.2.71No. of children awaiting placement on 23.2.71
Special SchoolsIndependent SchoolsHospitalsDay UnitsHome TuitionTotalDayResidential
DayResidential
BLIND-1-81-9--
PARTIALLY SIGHTED562221-251-
DEAF14717-164012
PARTIALLY HEARING81124-2127--
EDUCATIONALLY SUB-NORMAL8499324205-349563
EPILEPTIC77951-15-1
MALADJUSTED19153134231677-18
PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED182511415--1293-
SPEECH251--1011--
DELICATE773042-36-2
TOTAL1491765128852363-7186126

Table: TABLE 11PRE-SCHOOL HANDICAPPED CHILDREN

TABLE 11

PRE-SCHOOL HANDICAPPED CHILDREN

CategoryAge on the 31st December, 1970
5 years4 years3 years2 years
Vision Defect-212
Hearing Defect--12
Speech Defect--13
Mental Disorder-292826
Epileptic-291
Physically Handicapped1222637
Total1556671