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Leyton 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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In the Day Open Air School children remain from one to six
terms, or longer. In the Residential School they remain one or
two terms, but a few stay beyond this—from three to six terms.
Boys Girls Total
No. of Delicate Pupils ascertained 1950 29 38 67
No. admitted to Knotts Green Day Open
Air School 10 10 20
No. admitted to Residential Open Air
School 19 28 47
ysically Handicapped.
There are pupils who, not being pupils suffering from a defect
of sight or hearing, are, by reason of disease or crippling defect,
unable to be educated in an ordinary school without detriment to
their health or educational development.
The categories "Delicate" and "Physically Handicapped"
tend to overlap, but in the main the Physically Handicapped child
has a defect which is likely to be more permanent or of a much
more serious nature than that of the "Delicate" child. Cases of
severe rheumatic infection, tuberculosis, infantile paralysis and
congenital deformities are found in this group.
Fortunately the number so ascertained in each year is small, and a survey made in 1950 showed that there were in the whole school age group (i.e., from 5 to 16 years) only 36 children in the category of Physically Handicapped Pupils.
| Boys. | Girls. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. attending at Knotts Green Open Air School | 7 | 15 | 22 |
| No. attending at Residential Schools | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| No. ascertained in 1950 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| No. recommended Knotts Green Day Open Air School | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| No. recommended Residential Open Air School | 1 | 1 | 2 |