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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CATEGORY | Number of children of school age on 31st December, 1962, 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 | Total number of children of school age requiring s.e.t. | ||||||
Receiving Special Education | Awaiting Special Education | ||||||||||||||||||
Blind | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | _ | _ | _ | - |
Partially sighted | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 4 |
Deaf | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | - |
Partially hearing. | 8 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 10 | 3 | - | - |
Delicate | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - |
Physically Handicapped | 22 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | - | - | 32 | 34 | 1 | - | 38 | |
E.S.N. | 87 | - | 6 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 97 | - | - | - | 17 |
Maladjusted | 29 | - | 7 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 47 | - | - | - | - |
Epileptic | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 4 |
Speech defect | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Dual defects | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 1 | - | 2 |
TOTAL | 155 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 1 | - | 14 | 5 | - | - | 5 | 5 | - | - | 206 | 48 | 7 | 65 |