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Croydon 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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APPENDIX G

DEAF AND PARTIALLY DEAF CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE

December 31st, 1962

Numbers attending Special Schools or Units:

(a) Day Schools:
Old Kent Road10
Oak Lodge6
Holman Hunt3
Peckham Park1
(b) Residential Schools:
Ovingdean5
Hamilton Lodge2
Mill Hall, Cuckfield1
Margate1
Mary Hare Grammer1
Rudolpm Steiner, Aberdeenshire1
Total31

(17 of these 31 children are of secondary school age).

Numbers attending Croydon Day Schools:

(a) With hearing sufficiently impaired to require regular auditory training:
Primary School Pupils57
Secondary School Pupils53
Total110
(b) With hearing loss not severe enough to require regular auditory training, but who need to be tested regularly:
Primary School Pupils156
Secondary School Pupils25
Total181

Total Number of Croydon School Children wit Impaired hearing of all Grades of severity:

Children of Primary School age527
Children of Secondary School age104
Total631