[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council] page 149

London County Council 1951

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

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Table 17—Hearing cases

		Boys	Qirls	Total
	Found to be deaf	54	29	83
	Found to be partially deaf	31	20	51
	Found to be suitable for ordinary school with individual hearing aid and/or to sit in front row, etc.	27	13	40
	Found to be suitable for ordinary school	8	12	20
	Recommended for treatment before decision made	7	2	9
B.	Children in special schools :—
	Found to be no longer deaf	-	1	1
	Found to be no longer partially deaf	10	8	18
	Recommended to continue deaf school ...	8	4	12
	Recommended to continue partially deaf school	5	5	10
	Recommended for transfer from deaf school to partially deaf school	3	1	4
	Recommended for transfer from partially deaf school to deaf school	1	2	3
		154	97	251

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Table 18—Epilepsy cases A. Children not in special schools.

	Boys	Girls	Total
Found suitable for boarding special schools for epileptics	9	4	13
Found suitable for ordinary school	12	7	19
Found suitable for E.S.N, school	6	3	9
Found suitable for P.H. school	4	2	6
Found to be ineducable	—	—	—
Home tuition recommended	—	1	1
Recommendation postponed	1	1	2
	32	18	50

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B. Two boys and one girl from boarding special schools for epileptics were
examined and found to be fit to attend ordinary schools.

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Table 19—

Educationally subnormal A. Children not in special schools :—

		Boys	Girls	Total
Found suitable for day E.S.N, schools	Over 11	84	80	164
Found suitable for day E.S.N, schools	Under 11	310	207	517
Found suitable for boarding E.S.N, schools	Over 11	18	18	36
Found suitable for boarding E.S.N, schools	Under 11	46	24	70
Found suitable for special E.S.N, classes in O.S.	Over 11	69	43	112
Found suitable for special E.S.N, classes in O.S.	Under 11	256	148	404
Found to have no disability of mind	Over 11	64	39	103
Found to have no disability of mind	Under 11	307	99	406
Found to be unsuitable for school (e.g., ineducable)	Over 11	4	2	6
Found to be unsuitable for school (e.g., ineducable)	Under 11	67	40	107
Decision postponed	Over 11	—	—	—
Decision postponed	Under 11	15	10	25
		1,240	710	1,950