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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
Bromley 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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RETURN OF HANDICAPPED CHILDREN PART I
New assessments and placements
| During the calendar year ended 31st December, 1972 | Blind (1) | P.S. (2) | Deaf (3) | Pt.Hg. (4) | P.H. (5) | Del. (6) | Mal. (7) | E.S.N. (8) | Epil. (9) | Sp. Def. (10) | TOTAL (11) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | How many handicapped children were newly assessed as needing special educational treatment at special schools or in boarding homes? | Boys | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 5 | 13 | 41 | - | - | 64 | |
| Girls | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 1 | - | 30 | |||
| B | How many children were newly placed in special schools (other than hospital special schools) or boarding homes? | (i) of those included at A above | Boys | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 10 | 35 | - | - | 50 |
| Girls | _- | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 13 | 1 | - | 20 | |||
| (ii) of those assessed prior to January 1972 | Boys | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | - | 14 | ||
| Girls | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | - | - | 6 | |||
| (iii) TOTAL newly placed-B(i) and (ii) | Boys | _- | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 11 | 44 | 1 | - | 64 | ||
| Girls | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 1 | - | 26 | |||