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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
Tottenham 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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RETURN OF HANDICAPPED PUPILS, YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1953
ASCERTAINMENT DISTRIBUTION (as at last day of year)
| CATEGORY | No. of ascertained Cases known first day of year | No. of New Cases ascertained during year | No, of ascertained Cases known last day of year | In Special Day Schools | In Special Residential Schools | In Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools | In Independent Schools | Not at School | TOTAL | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | |
| Blind Pupils | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 5 |
| Partially-Sighted Pupils | 7 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 10 | 12 |
| Deaf Pupils | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 5 |
| Partially Deaf Pupils | 44 | 29 | 2 | - | 41 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 17 | - | - | - | - | 41 | 21 |
| Delicate Pipils | 21 | 13 | 30 | 20 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 25 | 20 |
| Educationally Sub-normal Pupils | 64 | 58 | 24 | 15 | 72 | 62 | 50 | 50 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 9 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 72 | 62 |
| Epileptic Pupils | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 |
| Maladjusted Pupils | 41 | 13 | 6 | - | 26 | 7 | - | - | 13 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 26 | 7 |
| Physically Handicapped Pupils | 29 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 |
| Pupils with Speech Defects | 196 | 74 | 68 | 41 | 136 | 62 | 1 | - | - | - | 132 | 62 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 136 | 62 |
| Pupils with Multiple Defects | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 11 | 7 |
| Totals | 429 | 235 | 153 | 89 | 363 | 220 | 94 | 89 | 61 | 35 | 194 | 93 | 4 | - | 10 | 3 | 363 | 220 |
| Grand Totals | 664 | 242 | 583 | 183 | 96 | 287 | 4 | 13 | 583 | |||||||||
| Children not ascertained as H.P. but recommended convalescence in a Holiday Home or Camp School during Year ended 31st December, 1953. | B | G | ||||||||||||||||
| 56 | 83 | |||||||||||||||||