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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 1964

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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53
APPENDIX G
DEAF AND PARTIALLY DEAF CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE

Table: December 31st, 1964 Numbers attending Special Schools or Units

December 31st, 1964 Numbers attending Special Schools or Units

(a) Day Schools Kingsley Road6
Holman Hunt3
Stockwell Manor1
Old Kent Road5
Oak Lodge5
(b) Residential Schools Boston Spa1
Burwood Park1
Hamilton Lodge2
Mill Hall, Cuckfield1
Margate2
Ovingdean3
Rudolph Steiner1
R.N.I.D. Training Centre, Abbots Kerswell1
Total32

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(17 of these 32 children are of secondary school age).

Table: Numbers attending Croydon Day Schools and Pre-School Children.

Numbers attending Croydon Day Schools and Pre-School Children.

(a) With hearing sufficiently impaired to require regular auditory training:
Primary School Pupils57
Secondary School Pupils28
Pre School Children14
Total99

Table: Pure Tone Audiometer TestsNumber of individual children tested during the year.

Pure Tone Audiometer Tests

Number of individual children tested during the year.

(a) For the first time305
(b) As a review case249
Total554