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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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The Medical Research Council's report stated that in the light
of present results the vaccination of tuberculin negative school
children in the 13 14 age group, as carried out in the present
B.C.G. vaccination scheme, is a valuable measure.
The Handicapped Child
| Category | In Special Day Schools | In fecial Residential Schools | In Maintained Primary & Secondary Schools | In Independ ent Schools | Not at School | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | |
| Blind Pupils | - | - | 4 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 5 |
| Partially Sighted Pupils | 5 | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 6 |
| Deaf Pupils | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 7 |
| Partially Deaf Pupils | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 23 | 14 |
| Educationally Sub normal Pupils | 55 | 51 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 7 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 78 | 63 |
| Epileptic Pupils | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Maladjusted Pupils | - | - | 25 | 5 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 37 | 5 |
| Physically Handicapped Pupils | 17 | 11 | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 23 | 12 |
| Pupils with Speech Defects | 2 | 1 | - | - | 212 | 85 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 222 | 89 |
| Delicate Pupils | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 16 | 14 |
| Pupils with Multiple Defects | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 14 | 8 |
| Totals | 102 | 87 | 69 | 31 | 252 | 102 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 436 | 226 |
| Grand Tbtals | 189 | 100 | 354 | 9 | 10 | 662 | ||||||
Dr, Yarrow Deputy Area Medical Officer, reports as follows
on the local provisions for the care of the physically handicapped
child.
This year has been one of consolidation of the work done in
previous years in this field of the School Health Service. The
opening of special schools for physically handicapped and deaf
children elsewhere in the County has entailed some alteration in
Placement of children at Vale Road School fo rPhysically Handicapped
Children and at the Blanche Nevile School for Deaf Children in
Tottenham although no child was moved where this was thought
undesirable on medical or education grounds. The provision of
further school places elsewhere forE,S N children meant a consid
erable easing of the position at Oak Lodge (Pinchley) and this has
had the result of virtually eliminating the Hornsey waiting list
for such children.