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 Enfield]
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SCHOOL HEALTH
Table 56
Handicapped children
Children in special schools
Category | Day | Residential |
---|---|---|
Blind | - | 5 |
Partially sighted | 6 | 1 |
Deaf | 10 | 5 |
Partially hearing | 33 | 2 |
x Educationally sub-normal: (formally ascertained) | 159* | 14 |
(not formally ascertained) | 157 | - |
Epileptic | — | 1 |
Maladjusted | 42 | 62 |
Physically handicapped | 33 | 7 |
Speech | 1 | 1 |
Delicate | 51 | 11 |
*Includes two girls living in Clay Hill Hostel for educationally
sub-normal girls.
xThe total of 159 children formally ascertained includes
88 attending Waverley School; and of the 157 not formally
ascertained 30 attend Waverley School.
Ten children with more than one defect are included in
the category of their major defect.
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