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 Bexley]
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PART V
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) | |
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During the year ending 31-12-58 | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) |
A. Handicapped Pupils newly placed in Special Schools or Boarding Homes | – | 4 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 9 | 4 | – | 50 |
B. Handicapped Pupils newly ascertained as requiring education at Special Schools or boarding in Homes | – | 3 | 1 | – | 32 | 5 | 3 | 3 | – | 47 |
On or about 31st January, 1959 :— | ||||||||||
C. Number of Handicapped Pupils from the area:— | ||||||||||
(i) attending Special Schools as: | 13 | 19 | 42 | |||||||
(a) Day Pupils | – | 6 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | |||
(b) Boarding Pupils | 3 | – | (5 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | – | 49 |
(ii) Attending independent schools under arrangement made by the Authority | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
(iii) Boarded in Homes and not already included under (i) or (ii) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Total (C) | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 23 | 13 | – | 91 |
D. Were being educated under arrangements made under Section 56 of the Education Act, 1944:— | ||||||||||
(i) In hospitals | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
(ii) In other groups (e.g. units for spastics) | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
(iii) At home | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | – | 5 |
E. Were requiring places in special schools:— | ||||||||||
(i) TOTAL (a) day | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | 5 |
(b) Boarding | 1 | – | – | – | 7 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 11 |
' Pupils included in the totals above:— | ||||||||||
(ii) who had not reached the age of 5: | ||||||||||
(a) awaiting day places | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
(b) awaiting boarding places | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
(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 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | 3 |
F. Were on the Registers of hospita Special Schools | 1 | |||||||||
Number of children reported during the year:— | ||||||||||
(a) Under Section 57(3) (excluding any returned under (b) ) | 4 | |||||||||
(b) „ „ „ relying on Section 57(4) | – | |||||||||
(c) 57(5) of the Education Act, 1944. | 3 |