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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
Hornsey 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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THE HANDICAPPED CHILD - Distribution in Hornsey as at 31st December, 1959
| In Special Day Schools | In Special Residential Schools | In Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools | In Independent Schools | Not at School | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Blind | 3 | 3 | . | . | . | . | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Partially Sighted | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | |||
| Deaf | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | |||
| Partially Deaf | 3 | 5 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 5 | 5 | ||
| Educationally Sub-Normal | 31 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 37 | 17 | |
| Epileptic | . | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | 3 | |||
| Maladjusted | . | . | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | . | . | 18 | 4 |
| Physically Handicapped | 5 | 3 | 5 | . | . | . | 15 | 5 | ||||
| Speech Defects | 4 | . | 1 | 58 | 23 | 5 | 3 | . | . | 67 | 27 | |
| Delicate | 5 | 4 | . | . | 5 | 4 | ||||||
| Multiple Defects | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||
| Totals | 45 | 26 | 31 | 15 | 62 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 154 | 72 |
| GRAND TOTALS | 71 | 46 | 86 | 16 | 7 | 226 | ||||||