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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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A summary is given below of the ascertainment and placement of handicapped
pupils during the year:-
| Category | No. of pupils ascertained during 1961 | No. of pupils admitted to Special Schools during year | Total No. of pupils In Special Schools as at 31.12.61 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Residential | Day | Residential | ||
| Deaf | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Partially deaf | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Blind | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Partially sighted | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Epileptic | - | - | - | - | - |
| Delicate | 6 | - | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| Physically Handicapped | 9 | 6 | 21 | - | |
| Educationally Sub-Normal | 9 | 8 | - | 48 | 2 |
| Maladjusted | 3 | - | 2 | 9 | |
| Speech | - | - | - | - | |
| Dual defect (E.S.N. & P.H.) | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| Totals | 29 | 16 | 6 | 88 | 22 |
. The following table shows the distribution:-
| Open-Air (Delicate) | Physically Handicapped | Educationally Sub-Normal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Barking | 9 | 47 | |
| 1 dagenham | 12 | - | |
| 1 East Ham | 11 | 4 | - |
| 1 "ford | - | - | 32 |
| 1 Romford | 12 | 3 | 11 |
| 1 South Essex | - | - | 1 |
FAIRCROSS SCHOOL
At the end of 1901 there was a total of 168 children attending Fair cross School,
is school is divide into three sections-Open-Air, Physically Handicapped and
nationally sub-normal, and the children are admitted from Dagenham, East Ham,
Ilford, south Essexand a Romford, as well as from Barking
It will be seen from he above that some districts possess their own Special
school e.g. Dagenham has a Physically Handicapped School which does not admit
delicated children and it also has an E.S.N. School from which we take an overflow;
East Ham has an E.S.N. School and Ilford has a Physically Handicapped School
which admits delicate children.
The Physically Handicapped and Open-air Sections are taught together in one
of the school and the Educationally Sub-Normal in a different part.
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