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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APPENDIX G
DEAF AND PARTIALLY DEAF CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE
December 31st, 1963
Numbers attending Special Schools or Units.
(a) Day Schools:
Old Kent Road 7
Oak Lodge 7
Holman Hunt 4
Peckham Park 1
(b) Residential Schools:
Burwood Park 1
Jewish School 1
Ovingdean 4
Hamilton Lodge 2
Mill Hall, Cuckfield 1
Margate 2
Mary Hare 1
Rudolph Steiner 1
R.N.I.D. Training Centre, Abbots Kerswell 1
Total 33
(21 of these 33 children are of secondary school age).
Numbers attending Croydon Day Schools:
(a) With hearing sufficiently impaired to require
regular auditory training:
Primary School Pupils - 61
Secondary School Pupils - 42
Total - 103
(b) With hearing loss not severe enough to require
regular auditory training, but who need to be
tested regularly:
Primary School Pupils - 188
Secondary School Pupils - 27
Total - 215