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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

Lambeth 1972

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]

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Unit would carry out medical assessment, seems to be the only way to bridge this
break of continuity in the care of mentally handicapped children. The total number
of handicapped children in Lambeth attending schools is a follows

Table: TABLE 12OBSERVATION HANDICAP INDEX FOR 0-5 DECEMBER 1972Number of Handicapped Children on Roll at Special Schools - Lambeth Children only

TABLE 12OBSERVATION HANDICAP INDEX FOR 0-5 DECEMBER 1972Number of Handicapped Children on Roll at Special Schools - Lambeth Children only

Special schools for:Total Lambeth children attending
Delicate225
Partially Sighted24
Physically Handicapped54
Partially Hearing47
Maladjusted28
ESN264
ESN (severe)160

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RESIDENTIAL PLACEMENT
Lambeth Local Authority does not have residential homes or hostels for
mentally handicapped children, although some provision is planned for the near
future. The children who need residential placement are of three types. Those
who are so seriously mentally and physically handicapped that they cannot be
looked after at home and require special nursing, those whose behaviour is such
that they cannot be contained either at home or in an ordinary day placement
in Lambeth, and those who are socially deprived children and are rejected by
their parents, either because of economic difficulties or because of parents'
psychological problems. The residential placemens are of three main types.
Short-term care
Long-term care in hospitals, and
Long-term residential care in special homes run
privately, mostly outside London.