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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 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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Six children (4 Ilford and 2 Dagenham) were no longer considered
to require special educational treatment and returned to ordinary
schools.
Open Air Section. The children in this section at the end of the
year were suffering from the following conditions:—
Barking Other Districts
Cerebral Palsy (Spastics) 7 —
Other diseases of nervous system 7 3
Diseases of Bones and Joints 2 4
Heart disease 2 —
Asthma 2 12
Bronchiectasis and other lung conditions 5 11
Debility 5 6
Others 4 3
Total 34 39
During the year one child left Faircross School on reaching
school-leaving age, 11 children (4 Barking and 7 out-of-district) were
no longer considered to require special educational treatment—7
returned to dinary schools and 4, aged 15, were allowed to leave
school. In dition, two children transferred to Residential Schools.

Table: EmploymentA summary is given below of young people who left Faircross Special School during the years 1952 to 1956, and, with the Kind co-operation of the Youth Employment Officer, details are also given of the ocupations taken up by them:-

EmploymentA summary is given below of young people who left Faircross Special School during the years 1952 to 1956, and, with the Kind co-operation of the Youth Employment Officer, details are also given of the ocupations taken up by them:-

Open-Air SectionPhysically Handicapped SectionEducationally Sub-Normal Section
BoysGirlsBoysGirlsBoysGirls
Barking7226169
Ilford.----1214
Dagenham23--12
Romford--1-1-
East Ham1---21
Other Distriction Essex----21
Totals105363427

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