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London County Council 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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In addition 391 children were considered with regard to maladjustment and
18 with regard to diabetes.
Accommodation

Tables 18 to 28 in the appendix show the results of the above examinations. Day Special Schools

DefectNo. of schoolsRoll
Partially sighted6407
Deaf4331
*Partially deaf488
Physically handicapped191,535
Delicate101,239
Educationally subnormal242,858
*Maladjusted (in day classes)11161
*Speech defectives (in day classes)21662
Total997,281

* Special classes held in normal schools.

Residential Special Schools

No. of schoolsAccommodation ResidentialDefectDayRoll
Blind2803078
* Deaf and partially deaf315262152
Physically handicapped2119107
Delicate7431400
Educationally subnormal6498480
Diabetic16353
Maladjusted39493
241,437921,363

* Including Rayners for dual defects.

In addition to the handicapped children in the Council's own residential special schools there were at the end of the year 863 of the Council's children in non-Council residential special schools catering for the following defects :—

Blind48
Partially sighted7
Deaf and partially deaf36
Physically handicapped54
Delicate248
Educationally subnormal88
Epileptic65
Maladjusted312
Speech defect (Moor House)5
Total863

Hospital schools and groups

The Council provided education for children in the following seven hospitals, the first four of which are recognised as hospital special schools. Tuition was given to groups in the remainder under section 56 of the Education Act, 1944 :—

Average roll
Goldie Leigh79
Guy's (and Evelina)93
St. Mary's, Paddington18
Maudsley and Bethlem Royal41
Victoria Hospital for Children16
Hammersmith10
Whittington19

In addition there are many London children in hospital schools outside the County
particularly in the long-stay children's hospitals taken over from the Council by
regional hospital boards in 1948.