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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
Ealing 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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TABLE III.
ANALYSIS OF INTELLIGENCE
(178 children referred in 1952) (151 children tested in 1952)
| 40-49 | 50-59 | 60-69 | 70-79 | 80-89 | 90-99 | 100-109 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | 1 | 4 | 22 | 36 | 35 |
| 110-119 | 120-129 | 130-139 | 140-149 | 150-159 | 160-169 | 170 |
| 20 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
Untestable Untested Test not completed
— Under fives 6 —
Awaiting test 14
Withdrawn 4
Not tested 2
1 referred to Hospital Psychiatric
Department.
1 tested at Remand Home prior to
referral—no I.Q. given.
Average I.Q. of 151 children tested 105.3.
Pre-school 10
Primary 114
Secondary Modern 34
Grammar 6
Private or Public 11
Technical 1
Special School1
Not known (case withdrawn before investigation) 1
178
TABLE IV.
ANALYSIS OF AGES OF 178 CHILDREN (Number referred in 1952)
| 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-6 | 6-7 | 7-8 | 8-9 | 9-10 | 10-11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 16 |
| 11-12 | 12-13 | 13-14 | 14-15 | 15-16 | 16-17 | ||||
| 23 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 1 | — | ||||
| Total ... | 178 | Average age 9 years | |||||||
| Boys | 118 | ||||||||
| Girls | 60 | ||||||||
| 178 | |||||||||
TABLE V.
SPECIAL RECOMMENDATIONS MADE IN 1952
| Number recommended for schools or hostels for maladjusted children or ordinary boarding schools approved under Section 9(i) for the education of maladjusted children | 21 |
| Number recommended for schools for E.S.N, children | 1 |
| Number recommended for short-term schools | 3 |
| Number recommended for change of day school | 5 |
| Number recommended for farm training ... | — |
| Number recommended for Care of County | — |
| Number recommended for schools for physically handicapped ... | — |
| Number recommended for hospital in-patient treatment | 2 |