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Croydon 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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PART III HANDICAPPED PUPILS
The introduction of a card index system has considerably
improved the recording system within the Service. It is now
possible to obtain information about the nature and extent of
various handcaps for which special educational provision is
made and such information will be invaluable for future planning.
wherever possible handicapped pupils should be educated in
ordinary school although it is recognised that many practical
difficulties Militate against such an ideal. Unusually large
classes, unsatisfactory environmental conditions in the local
school, and not least, failure to make educational progress are
all factor which must be considered by the school medical
officer when he gives advice concerning special education.
wherever possible handicapped children are educated on a day
special and the Authority has steadily increased the range of its
special educational provision so that it may educate such
children within its borders. Where suitable local provision is
not available, residential education is considered by a special
sub-committee.
Table 8
Children requiring Special Education 1965
| category | 1965 | Number of Children Receiving Special Educational Treatment 20.1.66 | No. of Children awaiting placement on 20.1.66 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Cases Assessed | * New Admissions | Special Schools | Inde-penden t Schools | Hospitals | Home Tuition | Total | Day | Residential | |||
| Day | Residential | ||||||||||
| blind | 2 | 1 | - | 5 | 5 | - | - | ||||
| partially sighted | 0 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 15 | - | - | ||||
| deaf | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 16 | - | 1 | |||
| partially hearing | 7 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| educational ally sub- normal | 71 | 51 | 206 | 16 | 4 | 226 | 36 | 2 | |||
| epileptic | 2 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 21 | - | m | ||||
| malad justed | 14 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 31 | - | 8 | |||
| physically handi capped | 25 | 26 | 92 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 112 | 6 | 1 | ||
| speech | 11 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 16 | - | 3 | ||||
| delicate | 15 | 10 | 49 | 5 | 3 | ||||||
| total | 18 | 1 | 76 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 149 | 110 | 419 | 67 | 30 | 18 | 5 | 538 | 48 | 18 | ||
Including cases ascertained in previous years.