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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
Barking 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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Twenty-eight Barking children attend other special schools as follows :—
| Category | Day | Residential |
|---|---|---|
| Blind | - | 2 |
| Partially Sighted | - | 1 |
| Deaf | 4 | 2 |
| Partially Deaf | 6 | 2 |
| Physically Handicapped | - | 2 |
| Delicate | - | 1 |
| Diabetic | - | 1 |
| Epileptic | - | 2 |
| E.S.N | - | 2 |
| Maladjusted | - | 3 |
Convalescence
Children requiring a short stay at the seaside or in the country
following an illness or general debility, are sent for recuperative
holidays. 114 schoolchildren were sent away during 1953 for periods
averaging just over one month.
Where a stay of more than two months is anticipated children
are admitted to residential open-air schools so that their education
does not suffer.
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