London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Greenwich 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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school was formerly a residential hospital school. The unit caters
for severely subnormal pupils the majority of whom are long-stay
semi-hospital cases. A scheme covering both medical and dental
inspection has yet to be finalised by the Inner London Education
Authority with the Regional Hospital Board. Intelligence and
educational assessments at this establishment and at the Maze Hill
School are undertaken by one of the Inner London Education
Authority's own educational psychologists. The latter school (previously
a Junior Training Centre under the Borough Council's
control) was redesignated as a school on the 1st April, 1971.
At Charlton Park School, which includes a boarding unit for
handicapped pupils, there were 170 children on roll. The School
Medical Officer and various Consultants who specialise in a wide
variety of physical handicaps continue to visit the school at regular
intervals. As in previous years, speech therapy and physiotherapy
are routinely provided within the school curriculum.
Other Special Schools in the Borough include :—
| School | Total on Roll | |
|---|---|---|
| Beverley Primary Mixed School for Deaf Children | 58 | |
| Meridian Junior Mixed Infants' School for Partially Deaf Children (incorporating a Nursery Class and Partially Hearing Unit) | 27 | |
| Hawthorn Cottage Mixed School for Delicate Children | 131 | |
| Moatbridge Mixed School for Maladjusted Children | 33 | |
| Griffin Manor Mixed School for Maladjusted/ Autistic Children | 16 | |
| Riverway School for E.S.N. Senior Boys | 146 | |
| Rose Cottage Mixed School for E.S.N. Children | 201 | |
| The Slade School for E.S.N. Primary Mixed and Senior Girls | 168 | |
| Nansen Mixed School for Partially Sighted Children (with Nursery Class) | 78 | |
| *Maze Hill School for E.S.N. (Severe) Primary Mixed and Senior Mixed | 136 | |
| *Heathview School for E.S.N. (Severe) Primary Mixed and Senior Mixed | 74 | |
*Redesignated as schools on 1st April, 1971.
NOTE: The above figures show the position of the rolls at the
end of the year and not in May, 1971.