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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TABLE 10
Children requiring Special Education, 1971
CATEGORY | New Cases Ascer' tained by Committee | * New Admis-s ions | Number of Children receiving Special Educational Treatment 20.1.72 | No. of children awaiting placement on 20.1. 72 | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Special Schools | Independent Schools | hospitals | Day Units | Home Tuition | Total | Day | Resi-dential | ||||
Day | Resi' dential | ||||||||||
BUND | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - |
PARTIALLY SIGHTED | 2 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 28 | - | - |
DEAF | - | 2 | 10 | 19 | 1 | - | 13 | - | 43 | - | - |
PARTIALLY HEARING | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | - | - | 24 | - | 30 | 1 | - |
EDUCATIONALLY SUBNORMAL | 120 | 137 | 479 | 12 | 9 | 58 | - | - | 458 | 82 | 2 |
EPILEPTIC | - | - | 9 | 8 | - | - | _ | - | 17 | . | |
MALADJUSTED | 59 | 45 | 19 | 39 | 52 | - | 35 | - | 145 | - | IS |
PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED | 12 | 12 | 83 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 95 | - | - |
SPEECH | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | 9 | - | - |
DELICATE | 3 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 2 | - | - | - | 28 | - | . |
TOTAL | 207 | 211 | 646 | 111 | 65 | 58 | 81 | - | 961 | 83 | 17 |
* Including cases ascertained in previous years.
TABLE 11
PRE-SCHOOL HANDICAPPED CHILDREN
Category | Age on the 31st December, 1971 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
5 years | 4 years | 3 years | 2 years | |
Vision Defect | - | - | 2 | 1 |
Hearing Defect | - | - | - | 4 |
Speech Defect | - | 4 | 12 | 14 |
Mental Disorder | - | 21 | 33 | 15 |
Epileptic | - | 4 | 3 | o O |
Physically Handicapped | 1 | 25 | 48 | 35 |
Total | 1 | 54 | 98 | 72 |