Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
This page requires JavaScript
HANDICAPPED PUPILS REQUIRING EDUCATION AT SPECIAL SCHOOLS
Blind | Part Sighted | Deaf | Part Hearing | Physically Handicapped | Delicate | Maladjusted | Educationally Sub-normal | Epileptic | Speech Defect | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of children newly assessed in year | — | 2 | — | 7 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 19 | 1 | — | 60 |
Number of children placed in Special Schools in year | — | — | — | 6 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 1 | — | 66 |
Number of children requiring places in Special Schools | – | 2 | — | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | — | 23 |
Number of children included above whose parents had refused consent to their admission | – | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 3 |
Number of children on Registers of Special Schools at 18th January 1968 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 31 | 65 | 61 | 28 | 207 | 6 | — | 417 |
Number of children receiving tuition at home or in hospital, etc. | - | - | - | - | 4 | — | - | 4 |