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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 1961
[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, 1961
| 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 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| Partially Sighted | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Deaf | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Partially Deaf | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 6 | 6 |
| Educationally Sub-Normal | 25 | 14 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | 15 |
| Epileptic | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Maladjusted | - | - | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | - | 22 | 6 |
| Physically Handicapped | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | 14 | 5 |
| Speech Defects | - | - | - | 1 | 42 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 5 | - | 48 | 21 |
| Delicate | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 5 | 4 |
| Multiple Defects | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - |
| Totals | 37 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 48 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 10 | - | 133 | 63 |
| GRAND TOTALS | 63 | 36 | 70 | 17 | 10 | 196 | ||||||