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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
Dagenham 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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These are the children on whom a special watch must be kept by the school medical
officers and school nurses for any deterioration or inability to manage in the normal
schools. This extension of the scheme for care of the handicapped is, I feel, of great
value.
Those children more severely handicapped are referred for special educational treatment
at different schools, both day and residential.
| N.B. These figures include 31 school children with dual handicaps and four pre-school age | Blind | Partially Sighted | Deaf | Partially Deaf | Delicate | Diabetic | E.S.N. | Epileptic | Maladjusted | Physically Handicapped | Speech Defect | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving education in hospital under Section 56 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Attending Day Special School | - | 6 | 8 | 9 | 32 | - | 191 | 3 | 1 | 62 | 2 | 314 |
| Awaiting Placement in Day Special School | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 12 | - | - | 3 | - | 19 |
| Attending Residential Special School | 2 | - | 3 | 2 | 15 | - | 13 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 59 |
| Awaiting Placement in Residential Special School | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 6 |
| Attending Boarding Homes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Awaiting Placement in Boarding Homes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Attending Independent Schools | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Awaiting Placement in Independent Schools | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Receiving Home Tuition | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 4 |
| Awaiting Home Tuition | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total number of children of school age requiring Special Educational Treatment | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 56 | - | 216 | 4 | 18 | 75 | 3 | 402 |
| Children of school age on register of H. Pupils at ordinary schools | - | 10 | - | 8 | 77 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 9 | 41 | 3 | 195 |
| Pre-school children on register of H. Pupils | 2 | 4 | - | 5 | 32 | - | 12 | 10 | - | 40 | 5 | 110 |
| Pre-school children already receiving S.E.T. | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| TOTAL | 4 | 21 | 11 | 25 | 165 | 3 | 261 | 26 | 27 | 156 | 11 | 710 |