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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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HANDICAPPED CHILDREN
| Blind | Partially Sighted | Deaf | Partially Hearing | Physically Handicapped | Delicate | Maladjusted | E.S.N. | Epileptic | Speech Defects | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) | Children newly assessed as handicapped during the year ended 31st December 1964 | (i) | aged 5 or over | - | 2 | - | - | 4 | 5 | 3 | 29 | - | - | 43 |
| (ii) | aged over 2 but under 5 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 8 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 11 | ||
| (b) | Children who, on or about 20th January 1965 were receiving special educational treatment | (i) | aged 5 or over | 4 | 74 | 4 | 8 | 73 | 47 | 10 | 183 | 7 | 4 | 354 |
| (ii) (iii) | aged over 2 but under 5 all ages | - | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 27 | ||
| 4 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 79 | 48 | 11 | 189 | 11 | 5 | 381 | ||||
| (c) | Number in b(iii) receiving special educational treatment | (i) | at day special schools | - | 11 | 5 | 6 | 63 | 21 | 1 | 158 | 2 | 1 | 268 |
| (ii) | at residential special schools | 4 | 3 | - | 1 | 6 | 25 | 9 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 80 | ||
| (iii) | at ordinary schools | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | - | 1 | 6 | 1 | - | 17 | |||
| (iv) | elsewhere | - | 4 | - | - | 5 | 2 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 16 | ||
| (d) | Children who, on or about 20th January 1965 were requiring but not receiving special educational treatment | (i) | aged 3 or over | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 4 | 5 | 26 | - | 1 | 39 |
| (ii) | aged over 2 but under 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | — | — | 4 | ||
| (e) | Children on register on or about 20th January 1965 not .requiring special educational treatment | (i) | aged 5 or over | — | 6 | 2 | 5 | 53 | 101 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 201 |
| (ii) | aged over 2 but under 5 | — | 4 | — | — | 9 | 3 | — | 1 | 4 | 3 | 24 | ||
(f) Children with more than one handicap included above
| Handicaps | No. receiving s.e.t. | No. awaiting s.e.t. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | 16 | 5 | |
NOTES: 1. All figures relate to children not defects.
2. Children suffering from more than one handicap
are classified under the major handicap in the
main table and details given at (f).
3. Children attending independent boarding schools
are included in item c(ii).
4. Children receiving s.e.t. in hospital or at
home are included in item c(iv).