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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 1958
[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) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||||