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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
Hammersmith 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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Handicapped Pupils.
During 1965 special educational treatment was being provided for 864 children.
The following table shows the categories of handicap and number of pupils receiving special education in day schools in the London Borough of Hammersmith'. —
| Type of Handicap | School | No. of pupils | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delicate | Wood Lane School | 150 | ||
| Partially-sighted | John Aird School | 107 | ||
| Deaf | Ackmar Road School | 35 | ||
| Partially-hearing | Units in - 1) Holman Hunt School | 27 | ||
| -2) Hammersmith County School & Christopher Wren School | 7 | |||
| Physically handicapped | Queensmill School | 40 | ||
| Educationally subnormal | 1) Elizabeth Burgwin School | 190 | ||
| 2) Wedgwood School | 81 | |||
| 3) St. Hubert's School | 180 | |||
| Maladjusted | Northcroft School | 47 | ||
| (including unit for | ||||
| 5 autistic children) | ||||
42 pupils are accommodated at Palingswick Hostel for Diabetic children and attend day
schools in the neighbourhood.
Educationally Subnormal Children.
Under Section 34 of the Education Act 1944 it is the duty of a local education authority
to discover which children over the age of two years require special educational treatment as
handicapped pupils. Of the various categories of handicapped pupils, the educationally subnormal
is the largest.
Under this section 117 pupils were examined on account of a disability of mind or any
other condition which might necessitate special educational treatment as an educationally subnormal
pupil. Of these, forty-three children were recommended as fit to continue to attend ordinary
school and seventy-four were recommended for placement in a school for educationally subnormal
pupils. Two children from overseas who were not in school were recommended to attend a school
for educationally subnormal children.
Children Unsuitable For Education At School.
Section 57 of the Education Act 1944 (as amended by the Mental Health Act 1959) deals
with the examination and reporting to the local health authority of children considered unsuitable
for education at school.
Under this section nine children were examined; of these five were attending ordinary
schools. Upon examination one child was recommended to attend a school for educationally subnormal
pupils and four children were recommended to attend a training centre. The remaining four
children were not in school, being either 'rising fives' (2) or in institutional care (1) or from
overseas (1). One child was recommended to attend a school for educationally subnormal pupils
and three children were recommended to attend a training centre.
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