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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 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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HANDICAPPED PUPILS REQUIRING EDUCATION AT SPECIAL SCHOOLS - 1969
| 31ind | Part Sighted | Deaf | Part Hearing | Physically Handicapped | Delicate | Maladjustec | Educationally Sub-normal | Epileptic | Speech | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of children newly assessed in the year | - | 1 | - | 1 | 11 | 8 | l4 | 43 | - | - | 78 |
| Number of children placed in Special Schools in year | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 51 | 1 | - | 92 |
| Number of children requiring places in Special Schools | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | - | - | 30 |
| Number of children included above whose parents had refused consent to their admission | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Number of children on Registers of Special Schools at 22nd January 1970 | 4 | 14 | - | 28 | 61 | 67 | 34 | 224 | 8 | - | 440 |
| Number of children receiving tuition at home or in hospital, etc. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |