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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
Croydon 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Speech Defects Clinic.
Total number of cases treated 149
„ „ discharged 87
„ „ still attending 62
Referred for physical treatment 9
„ Child Guidance Clinic 4
Number of stammerers treated 50
„ cleft palate treated 10
„ sigmatism 17
„ deafness 8
„ dyslalia 64
HANDICAPPED PUPILS REQUIRING EDUCATION AT SPECIAL SCHOOLS OR BOARDING IN BOARDING SCHOOLS.
| Blind | Partially Sighted | Deaf | Partially Deaf | Delicate | Physically Handicapped | Educationally Sub-normal | Maladjusted | Epiletic | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In the Calendar year :— | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) |
| A. Handicapped Pupils newly placed in Special Schools or Homes | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 79 |
| B. Handicapped Pupils newly ascertained as requiring education at Special Schools or boarding in Homes | – | – | – | 1 | 31 | 23 | 63 | 1 | 2 | 121 |
| On or about December 1st:— | ||||||||||
| C. Number of Handicapped Pupils from the area : | ||||||||||
| (i) attending Special | ||||||||||
| Schools as Day Pupils | 1 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 70 | 86 | 183 | — | — | 376 |
| Boarding Pupils | 2 | — | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 34 |
| (ii) Boarded in Homes | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | — | 5 |
| (iii) attending assisted schools (under approved arrangements) | _ | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | – | 5 | – | 9 |
| Total (C) | 3 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 77 | 91 | 188 | 11 | 4 | 424 |
| D. Number of Handicapped pupils from the area requiring places in Special Schools or Homes, but remaining unplaced | – | – | 1 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 59 |
| E. Number of Handicapped pupils receiving home tuition (including those also returned in D) | — | — | — | — | 5 | 3 | — | – | — | 8 |
Number of children reported during the Calendar Year :
Under Section 57(3) of Education Act, 1944 ... 18
„ 57(4) „ „ „ Nil