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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 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet]
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Northway Day Special School for
Educationally Subnormal pupils
Flower Lane Day Special School for
Educationally Subnormal Pupils
Friern Barnet Day Special School for
Educationally Subnormal Pupils
Swaylands Residential Special School for
Educationally Subnormal Boys
The Flower Lane and Friern Barnet Schools were previously Junior Training
Schools, but became Special Schools on the transfer of responsibility for the education
of mentally handicapped children from the Local Health Authority to the Local Education
Authority, on 1st April.
There is also a Unit providing special education for children suffering from
Autism, attached to the Grasvenor Avenue Infants' School.
The following Table shows the number of handicapped pupils as at 31st December,
1971:-
| Special Day Schools | Special Residential Schools | Mainta ined Primary & Secondary Schools | Independent Schools | Not at School | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | |
| Blind | _ | 2 | 2 | 1 | _ | _ | — | _ | 1 | _ | 3 | 3 |
| Partially Sighted | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 8 |
| Deaf | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 10 |
| Partially Hearing | 12 | 13 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 17 | 14 |
| Delicate | 9 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 24 | 9 |
| Educationally | ||||||||||||
| Subnorma1 | 102 | 86 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 121 | 93 |
| Epileptic | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Maladjusted | 10 | 6 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 61 | 26 |
| Physically | ||||||||||||
| Handicapped | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 3 | - | - | - | 6 | 38 | 25 |
| Speech Defects | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Total No. Handicapped Pupils | 168 | 132 | 85 | 36 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 282 | 191 |