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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

London County Council 1962

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

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Handicapped pupils
New assessments—During 1962 the numbers of new assessments of pupils for special
educational treatment were as follows:
Day Boarding
Blind — 2
Partially sighted 37 1
Deaf and partially hearing 49 6
Delicate 387 226*
E.S.N. 835 99
Epileptic — 4
Maladjusted 419 249
Physically handicapped 134 16
Speech defect l,20† 25†
Dual/multiple defect — 76
*Including diabetic and E.S.N./delicate.
†Including pupils attending special schools for other defects.

Table: Special educational provision—At the end of 1962 special educational treatment was being provided for over 12,000 pupils (London and out-county). The following table shows the main categories of handicap and numbers of London pupils receiving full-time specialeducation:

Special educational provision—At the end of 1962 special educational treatment was being provided for over 12,000 pupils (London and out-county). The following table shows the main categories of handicap and numbers of London pupils receiving full-time specialeducation:

Day special schoolsBoarding special schoolsNon-council boarding schools, hostels, foster-homes, etc.Council's hospital special schools and groupsTotal
Blind—6138—99
Partially sighted238—11—249
Deaf and partially hearing284*36112—432
Physically handicapped85073692051,197
Delicate1,34515987—1,591
Educationally subnormal3,467608125—4,200
Epileptic†——21—21
Maladjusted23135438327995
Dual/multiple defect—26——26
6,4151,3178462328,810

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*Includes 109 pupils in partially hearing units.
†A number of epileptic children (apart from those in ordinary school) are placed in schools for the delicate,
physically handicapped or educationally subnormal.
Educationally subnormal pupils—Section 57 of the Education Act, 1944 (as amended
by the Mental Health Act, 1959) deals with the examination and reporting to the local
health authority of children who are considered unsuitable for education at school, the
review of cases previously reported to the local health authority and the cancellation of the
report where the child on re-examination is found to be suitable for education at school.
Details of the number of children dealt with under this section are as follows:
Section 57 (as amended)—Unsuitable for education at school:
1959 1960 1961 1962
Children not in any school 86 84 100 133
Children in ordinary schools 6 — 3 3
Children in special schools 97 57 68 72
Children receiving home tuition under section
56 of the Education Act, 1944 1 — 1 —
190 141 172 208
Section 51A—Review of cases:
1961 1962
Number reviewed 20 27
Still considered unsuitable for education
at school 16 19
Cancellation of report 4 8
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