London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Barking 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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One child was no longer considered to require special educational
treatment and returned to an ordinary school.

Open Air Section.The children in this section at the end oftheyear were suffering from the following conditions:—

BarkingOther Districts
Cerebral Palsy (Spastics)7
Other diseases of nervous system82
Diseases of Bones and Joints25
Heart disease1
Asthma313
Bronchiectasis and other lung conditions410
Debility46
Others13
Total2940

During the year four children left Faircross School on reaching
school-leaving age, 11 children (5 Barking and 6 out-of-district) were
no longer considered to require special educational reatment—6
returned to ordinary schools and 5, aged 15, were allowed to leave
school. In addition, two children transferred to the Educationally
Sub-Normal Section.
Other Special Schools

During the year forty-five Barking children attended other special schools or received home tuition as follows:—

CategoryDayResidentialHome Tuition
Blind3
Partially Sighted22
Deaf43-
Partially Deaf61-
Physically Handicapped2-
Delicate72
Diabetic3-
Epileptic-1
Educationally Sub-Normal-
Maladjusted8-

Convalescence
One hundred and thirteen children were sent away for periopds
of convalescence of up to 8 weeks.
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