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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CATEGORY | New Cases Ascertained by Committee | * New Admissions | Number of Children receiving Specie1 Educational Treatment 23.2.71 | No. of children awaiting placement on 23.2.71 | |||||||
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Special Schools | Independent Schools | Hospitals | Day Units | Home Tuition | Total | Day | Residential | ||||
Day | Residential | ||||||||||
BLIND | - | 1 | - | 8 | 1 | - | 9 | - | - | ||
PARTIALLY SIGHTED | 5 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 1 | - | 25 | 1 | - | ||
DEAF | 1 | 4 | 7 | 17 | - | 16 | 40 | 1 | 2 | ||
PARTIALLY HEARING | 8 | 11 | 2 | 4 | - | 21 | 27 | - | - | ||
EDUCATIONALLY SUB-NORMAL | 84 | 99 | 324 | 20 | 5 | - | 349 | 56 | 3 | ||
EPILEPTIC | 7 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | - | 15 | - | 1 | ||
MALADJUSTED | 19 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 42 | 3 | 16 | 77 | - | 18 | |
PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED | 18 | 25 | 114 | 15 | - | - | 129 | 3 | - | ||
SPEECH | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 10 | 11 | - | - | ||
DELICATE | 7 | 7 | 30 | 4 | 2 | - | 36 | - | 2 | ||
TOTAL | 149 | 176 | 512 | 88 | 52 | 3 | 63 | - | 718 | 61 | 26 |
Category | Age on the 31st December, 1970 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
5 years | 4 years | 3 years | 2 years | |
Vision Defect | - | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Hearing Defect | - | - | 1 | 2 |
Speech Defect | - | - | 1 | 3 |
Mental Disorder | - | 29 | 28 | 26 |
Epileptic | - | 2 | 9 | 1 |
Physically Handicapped | 1 | 22 | 26 | 37 |
1 | 55 | 66 | 71 |