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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 1960
[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 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |||||||
| Partially Sighted | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 5 | 4 | |||
| Deaf | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 6 | 6 | |||
| Partially Deaf | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | ||||
| Educationally Sub-Normal | 64 | 45 | 14 | 2 | 4 | . | 1 | . | . | 83 | 47 | |
| Epileptic | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | |||
| Maladjusted | . | 13 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 11 | |
| Physically Handicapped | 15 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 15 | ||
| Speech Defects | 3 | 1 | 208 | 1ll | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 227 | 116 | ||
| Delicate | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 16 | |||
| Multiple Defects | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 105 | 84 | 55 | 22 | 221 | 114 | 26 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 425 | 234 |
| GRAND TOTALS | 189 | 77 | 335 | 37 | 21 | 659 | ||||||