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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 1963
[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, 1963.
| 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 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | 2 |
| Partially Sighted | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 4 |
| Deaf | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 5 |
| Partially Deaf | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 12 | 11 |
| Educationally Sub-Normal | 68 | 49 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 80 | 57 |
| Epileptic | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Maladjusted | 1 | - | 21 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 6 | - | 53 | 20 |
| Physically Handicapped | 21 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 21 |
| Speech Defects | - | - | 1 | 1 | 214 | 106 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 * | 227 | 113 |
| Delicate | 1 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 12 |
| Multiple Defects | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 4 | |
| Totals | 115 | 90 | 54 | 26 | 236 | 1ll | 21 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 442 | 250 |
| GRAND TOTALS | 205 | 80 | 347 | 35 | 25 | 692 | ||||||