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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
Bexley 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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TABLE VI.
Handicapped Pupils requiring Education at special Schools or boarding in Boarding Homes.
| (1) Blind | (2) Partially sighted | (3) Deaf | (4) Partially Deaf | (5) Delicate | (6) Physically Handicapped | (7) Educationally | (8) Maladjusted | (9) Epileptic | Total (1) to (9) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In the calendar year ended 31st December, 1953 ;•— A. Handicapped Pupils newly placed in Day Special Schools or Boarding Homes | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) |
| – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 8 | 3 | – | 15 | |
| B. Handicapped Pupils newly ascertained as requiring education at Special Schools or boarding in Homes | – | 1 | – | – | 27 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 41 |
| On or about December 1st, 1953 :— C. Number of Handicapped Pupils from the area:— (i) attending Special Schools as (a) Day Pupils | – | 6 | 5 | 3 | – | 18 | 26 | – | – | 58 |
| (b) Boarding Pupils | 2 | – | 4 | – | 28 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 40 |
| (ii) Attending independent schools under arrangement made by the Authority | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | – | 5 |
| (iii) Boarded in Homes and not already included under (i) or (ii) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total (C) | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 28 | 26 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 103 |
| D. Number of Handicapped Pupils being educated under arrangements made under Section 56 of the Education Act, 1944:— (i) In hospitals | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| (ii) Elsewhere (Home tuition) | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | 6 |
| E. Number of Handicapped Pupils from the area requiring places in Day Special Schools (Including any such children:— | – | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| (i) who are temporarily receiving home tuition | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| (ii) whose parents have not yet consented to their attending a Special School) | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Number of children reported during the year :—
| (a) tinder Section 57(3) (excluding any returned under (b) ) | 3 |
| (b) „ „ ,, relying on Section 57(4) | — |
| (c) ,. „ 57(5) of the Education Act, 1944. | 3 |