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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 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: CHILDREN EXAMINED FOR I.Q.144 children were examined during 1961. The classifications arrived at, together with recommendations made, are as follows:-

CHILDREN EXAMINED FOR I.Q.

144 children were examined during 1961. The classifications arrived at, together with recommendations made, are as follows:-

(l) Found to be educationally sub-normal:-
(a) Recommended to St. Christopher's Special School30
(b) Recommended to Residential E.S.N. School1
(2) Pound to be unsuitable for education at School11
(3) Other Recommendations:
(a) Referred to slow Stream in Ordinary School3
(b) Recommended for re-test22
(c) Deferred for Medical Treatment6
(d) Recommended for St. Giles'4
(e) Recommended Residential School for Deaf1
(f) Recommended Residential normal School1
(g) Recommended Residential School for Speech Defects1
(h) Referred back to Ordinary School17
Mental Tests at St. Christopher's47
144
Awaiting Testing on 31.12.6111
155