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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 1955
[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 sub-normal | (8) Maladjusted | (9) Epileptic | Total (1) to (9) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On or about 31 January, 1956:— | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | («) | (7) | («) | (9) | (10) |
| A. Handicapped Pupils newly placed in Day Special Schools or Boarding Homes | - | - | - | 3 | - | 4 | 9 | 1 | - | 17 |
| B. Handicapped Pupils newly ascertained as requiring education at Special Schools or boarding in Homes | 1 | - | - | 2 | 39 | 4 | 6 | 5 | - | 57 |
| On or about 31st January, 1950 :— | ||||||||||
| C. Number of Handicapped Pupils from the area:— | ||||||||||
| (i) attending Special Schools as: | ||||||||||
| (a) Day Pupils | — | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | 11 | 23 | - | - | 42 |
| (b) Boarding Pupils | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | - | 38 |
| (ii) Attending independent schools under arrangement made by the Authority | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| (iii) Boarded in Homes and not already included under (i) or (ii) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total (C) | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 28 | 6 | - | 81 |
| D. Were being educated under arrangements made under Section 56 of the Education Act, 1944:— | ||||||||||
| (i) In hospitals | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| (ii) In other groups (e.g. units for spastics) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| (iii) At home | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 8 |
| E. Were requiring places in special schools:— | ||||||||||
| (i) TOTAL (a) day | 7 | |||||||||
| (b) Boarding | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | — | - | 6 |
| Please state how many pupils are included in the totals above:— | ||||||||||
| (ii) who had not reached the age of 5: | ||||||||||
| (a) awaiting day places | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| (b) awaiting boarding places | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| (iii) who had reached the age of 5, but whose parents had not consented to their admission to a special school: | ||||||||||
| (a) awaiting day places | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| (b) awaiting boarding places | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Number of children reported during the year :—
(a) Under Section 57(3) (excluding any returned under (b) ) 3
(b) „ „ „ relying on Section 57(4)
(c) „ 57(5) 3
of the Education Act, 1944,
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