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 Leyton]
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HANDICAPPED PUPILS
CATEGORY | Number of children of school age on 31st December, 1960, formally ascertained as handicapped pupils and requiring special educational treatment (s.e.t.) | Children of school age on register of handicapped pupils but not requiring s.e.t. and attending ordinary schools | Children aged 2-5 years ascertained as handicapped pupils | Children aged 2-5 years on register but not formally ascertained | |||||||||||||||
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Attending day special school | Awaiting placement in day special school | Attending residential special school | Awaiting placement in residential special school | Attending boarding homes | Awaiting placement in boarding homes | Attending independent schools | Awaiting placement in independent schools | Attending hospital schools | Awaiting placement in hospital schools | Receiving Education in hospital under Section 56 | Receiving home tuition under Section 56 | Awaiting home tuition under section 56 | Special Maladjusted Classes in Day School | Total number of children of school age requiring s.e.t. | |||||
Receiving Special Education | Awaiting Special Education | ||||||||||||||||||
Blind | - | - | - | • | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | . | _ | _ | 2 | _ | - | - | 1 |
Partially sighted | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | - | - | 2 |
Deaf | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | - |
Partially deaf | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 10 | 4 | - | - |
Delicate | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - |
Physically Handicapped | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 22 | 36 | _ | _ | 10 |
E.S.N | 83 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 90 | - | - | - | 12 |
Maladjusted | 21 | - | 5 | 1 | 3 | - | 7 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 42 | 1 | - | - | - |
Epileptic | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | 3 |
Speech defect | - | - | - | - ' | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Dual defects | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
TOTAL | 134 | - | 10 | 1 | 3 | - | 20 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 177 | 57 | 5 | - | 28 |
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