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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 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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KINGSLEY HALL ASSESSMENT CENTRE TABLE 2 - Categories of defect present
| Mental Retardation | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 83 | 45.5 | |||
| Cerebral Palsy | - | - | 1 | ? | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 23 | 12.7 | |||
| Spins Bifida | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 5.5 | |||
| Hydrocephalus | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2.8 | |||
| Other diseases of the C.N.S. | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 3.3 | |||
| Hearing Loss | Partial | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 9 | 4.9 | |||
| Total | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Visual Loss | Partial | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 4.9 | |||
| Total | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | |||||
| Speech Disorder | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 3.3 | |||
| Social 4 emotional problems | 1 | - | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 19 | 10.5 | |||
| Congenital heart disease | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | ? | - | - | - | 6 | 3.3 | |||
| Locomotor defects | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 1 | 5 | 2.8 | |||
| Cleft Palate | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.5 | |||
| TOTAL | Number | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 38 | 18 | 24 | 21 | 30 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 182 | 100.0 | ||
| Per cent | 1.6 | 0.5 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 20.9 | 9.9 | 13.2 | 11.5 | 16.5 | 8.8 | 2.8 | 1.1 | |||||
Children are classified according to the most severe handicapping condition present.