London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Barnet 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet]
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| Special Day Schools | Special Residential Schools | Maintained Primary & Secondary Schools | Independent Schools | Not at School | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b. | g. | b. | g. | b. | g. | b. | g. | b. | g. | b. | g. | |
| Blind | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 4 |
| Partially Sighted | 2 | 4 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Deaf | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Partially Deaf | 8 | 7 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 |
| Delicate | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | 17 | 10 |
| Educationally Subnormal | 95 | 71 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 117 | 84 |
| Epileptic | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – |
| Maladjusted | 1 | 2 | 49 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 61 | 16 |
| Physically Handicapped | 23 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 6 | 3 | 39 | 22 |
| Speech Defects | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Total No. Handicapped Pupils | 136 | 102 | 99 | 39 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 269 | 164 |
SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE STATISTICAL TABLES
| Year of birth | For defective vision (excl. squint) | For any of the other conditions recorded | Total Individual Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 & later | 1 | 21 | 21 |
| 1962 | 60 | 154 | 197 |
| 1961 | 78 | 142 | 214 |
| 1960 | 22 | 39 | 56 |
| 1959 | 10 | 22 | 28 |
| 1958 | 15 | 17 | 30 |
| 1957 | 66 | 75 | 132 |
| 1956 | 155 | 159 | 273 |
| 1955 | 112 | 56 | 151 |
| 1954 | 44 | 24 | 64 |
| 1953 | 318 | 154 | 433 |
| 1952 & earlier | 244 | 110 | 327 |
| TOTALS | 1125 | 973 | 1926 |