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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 1962
[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 1962 | No. of pupils admitted to Special Schools during year | Total No. of pupils In Special Schools as at 31.12.62 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Residential | Day | Residential | ||
| Deaf | - | 1 | - | 5 | 2 |
| Partially deaf | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Blind | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Partially sighted | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Epileptic | - | - | - | - | - |
| Delicate | 7 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 4 |
| Physically Handicapped | 1 | 4 | - | 20 | 1 |
| Educationally Sub-Normal | 13 | 14 | 1 | 53 | 3 |
| Maladjusted | 2 | - | 1 | - | 9 |
| Speech | - | - | - | - | |
| Dual defect (E.S.N. & P.H.) | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Totals | 23 | 26 | 3 | 99 | 23 |
FAIRCROSS SCHOOL
At the end of 1962 there was a total of 176 children attending Faircross School,
This school is divided into three sections - Open Air, Physically Handicapped and
Educationally Sub-Normal, and the children are admitted from Dagenham, East Ham,
Ilford, South Essex and Romford, as well as from Barking. The following table shows
the distribution:-
Open-Air Physically Educationally
(Delicate) Handicapped Sub-Normal
Barking 15 24 54
Dagenham 9 - 3
East Ham 13 7
Ilford • - 35
Romford 10 - 5
South Essex - - 1
It will be seen from the above that some districts possess their own Special
School, e.g. has a Physically Handicapped School which does not admit
delicate 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
Part of the school and the Educationally Sub-Normal in a different part
E.S.N. Section
During the year 15 children left the E.S.N. Section on ceasing to be of compulsory
school age (4 Barking and 11 out of district) - all were recommended as requiring
care or guidance after leaving school.
Two Barking children were found to be unsuitable for education at school and
recommended for action in accordance with Section 57 of the Education Act 1944.
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