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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 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: CLINIC FOR EDUCATIONALLY SUB-NORMAL CHILDREN160 children were examined during 1955. The classifications arrived at, together with recommendations made, are as follows:-

CLINIC FOR EDUCATIONALLY SUB-NORMAL CHILDREN

160 children were examined during 1955. The classifications arrived at, together with recommendations made, are as follows:-

(1) Found to be mentally defective:
(a) Found to be mentally defective and referred to Local Authority and Occupation Centre8
(b) Found to be mentally defective and referred to Local Authority for Statutory Supervision14
(c) Recommended Institutional Care and referred to Local Authority6
(2) Found to be educationally sub-normal:
(a) Recommended to St. Christopher's Special School35
(b) Recommended to Residential School4
(c) Referred to Slow Stream in Ordinary Elementary School30
(d) Recommended for re-test20
(e) Deferred for Medical Treatment—
(f) Recommended for St. Giles'4
(g) Recommended Epileptic Colony—
(h) Referred back to Ordinary Elementary School20
(3) Referred to Child Guidance Clinic16
(4) Examined for other Authorities3
160
Mental Tests at St. Christopher's24
184

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9 home visits have been paid to Education cases.