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Barking 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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HANDICAPPED PUPILS
A summary is given below of the ascertainment and placement of handicapped pupils during the year.
| Category | No. of pupils ascertained during 1964 | No. of pupils admitted to Special Schools during year | Total No. of pupils In Special Schools as at 31.12.64 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Residential | Day | Residential | ||
| Deaf | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
| Partially hearing | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Blind | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Partially sighted | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Epileptic | 2 | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Delica te | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Physically Handicapped | 4 | 3 | - | 15 | 1 |
| Educationally Sub-Normal | 7 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 3 |
| Maladjusted | 2 | - | 1 | - | 6 |
| Speech | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dual defect | |||||
| P.H. & ESN. | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| PH & P/Hearlng | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Totals | 20 | 11 | 9 | 78 | |
FAIRCROSS SCHOOL
At the end of 1964 there was a total of 143 children attending
Faircross School. This school accepts three categories of handipupil
- Delicate, Physically Handicapped and Educationally SubNormal
- but the school is only divided into two Sections as the
Delicate and Physically Handicapped children are educated
together. Children are admitted from Dagenham, East Ham, Ilford
South Essex and Romford, as well as from Barking. This schoo is
scheduled for replacement and in fact the plans for this are airedy
under way.
E.S.N. Section
Number on roll at the end of 1964 31
(includes 34 children from Dagenham, IIford,
Romford and South-Essex).
During the year this Section admitted 10 children and 24 left
The children left for the following reasons:-