[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council] page 186

London County Council 1952

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

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Table 17—(b) Physically handicapped children

Morbid condition	Day P.H. school			Boarding P.H. school			Total P.H. school	Ordinary school
Morbid condition	Boys	Girls	Total	Boys	Girls	Total	Total P.H. school	Boys	Girls	Total
Infantile paralysis	43	16	59	2	-	2	61	5	3	8
Cerebral palsy	20	13	33	1	-	1	34	-	1	1
Various paralyses	5	1	6	-	-	-	6	1	-	1
T.B. bones and joints	12	11	23	2	1	3	26	-	2	2
Osteomyelitis	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	2	2
Perthes disease	13	-	13	-	-	-	13	2	-	2
Congenital deformities	13	9	22	1	1	2	24	2	4	6
Spinal deformities (including scoliosis)	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	1
Traumata and amputations	9	2	11	-	-	-	11	4	1	5
Non-T.B. arthritis and synovitis	1	-	1	-	1	1	2	-	-	-
Rheumatism and chorea	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Heart disease, congenital	14	10	24	-	2	2	26	-	5	5
Heart disease, other	13	18	31	-	2	2	33	-	-	-
Other diseases	28	23	51	1	-	1	52	6	2	8
	171	106	277*	7	7	14	291	21	20	41

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Table 17— (c) Children in special schools

Recommendation	Blind		Partially-sighted		Deaf		Children attending special schools for the						Delicate, day		Physically handicapped		Maladjusted, boarding
	Blind		Partially-sighted		Deaf		Partially-deaf		Educationally subnormal		Epileptic, boarding		Delicate, day		Physically handicapped		Maladjusted, boarding
	B	G	B	G	B	G	B	G	B	G	B	G	B	G	B	G	B	G
No longer in need of education in a special school	-	-	3	6	2	-	18	9	109	33	2	2	184	117	82	53	57	12
Unsuitable for retention because ineducable, etc.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	49	44	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Transfer from day school to boarding school	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	24	7	-	-	25	22	11	5	-	-

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In addition 5 pupils at boarding P.H. school were recommended for transfer to day schools for the physically handicapped.