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 Croydon]
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HANDICAPPED PUPILS REQUIRING EDUCATION AT SPECIAL SCHOOLS OR BOARDING IN BOARDING SCHOOLS, 1955
Blind | Partiatly Sigh ted | Deaf | Partially Deaf | De licate | Physically Handicapped | Educationally Sub-normal | Maladjusted | Epileptic | |
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In the Calendar year:- | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) |
A. Handicapped Pupils newly placed in Special Schools or Homes | 2 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 27 | 49 | 1 | ||
B. Handicapped Pupils newly ascertained as requiring education at Special Schools or boarding in Homes | 3 | 4 | 42 | 22 | 45 | 1 | |||
On or about December 1st:- | |||||||||
C. Number of Handicapped Pupils from the area: | |||||||||
(i) attending Special School s as Day Pup i1s | 22 | 19 | 6 | 80 | 111 | 203 | |||
Boardi ng Pupi ls | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 2 | ||
(ii) attending independent schools Tunder approved arrangements) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||
(iii) Boarded in Homes | 1 | ||||||||
TOTAL (C) | 1 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 84 | 121 | 216 | 1 | 2 |
D. Number of Handicapped pupils being educated under arrangements made under Section 56 of the Education Act, 1944 - | |||||||||
(i) in hospitals | 8 | ||||||||
(ii) in other group | |||||||||
(iii) at home | 6 | ||||||||
E. Were requiring places in Speci al Schools | |||||||||
(i) TOTAL (a) day | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||||
(b) boarding | - | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | ||||
(ii) who had not reached the age of 5:- | |||||||||
(a) awaiting day places | |||||||||
(b) awaiting boarding places | — | ||||||||
(iii) who had reached the age of 5 but whose parents had not consented to their ad-mission to a speci al school:- | |||||||||
(a) awaiting day places | 2 | ||||||||
(b) awaiting boarding Qlaces |
Number of children reported during the Calendar Year:
Under Section 57(3) of Education Act, 1944 16
" " 57(4) " " " –
" " 57(5) " " " 11