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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
Ealing 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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MINOR AILMENT CLINICS
These clinics are used for the treatment of minor ailments in school children.
They are also of value in the more detailed examination of defects and problems
discovered at routine medical examinations at school, and those referred by teachers
and parents between regular school inspections.
Total attendances 528
HANDICAPPED CHILDREN
The following table sets out in their various categories the number of handicapped pupils as at 31st December, 1963.
| In Special Day Schools | In Special Residential Schools | In maintained Primary & Secondary Schools | Not at School | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Blind Pupils | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 2 |
| Partially-sighted Pupils | 4 | 7 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 8 |
| Deaf Pupils | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 |
| Partially Deaf Pupils | 9 | 4 | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | 13 | 5 |
| Educationally sub-normal Pupils | 47 | 31 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 10 | - | - | 71 | 49 |
| Epileptic Pupils | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Maladjusted Pupils | 33 | 11 | 44 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 84 | 29 |
| Physically Handicapped Pupils | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 16 | 13 |
| Pupils with Speech Defects | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | - | - | 4 | 2 |
| Delicate Pupils | 18 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | - | 33 | 9 |
| Pupils with Multiple Defects | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 119 | 69 | 70 | 36 | 38 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 231 | 124 |
EDUCATION ACT, 1944
Section 57
Cases dealt with under Section 57, Education Act, 1944 12
Section 57 relates to children who are so mentally handicapped that they are unable
to benefit by education either at normal school or a special school for educationally
sub-normal pupils.
These children are referred to the mental health authorities for further care.
Dependent on the degree of disability they may be admitted to training establishments
where the emphasis is on manual skills rather than academic subjects, admitted to
mental hospitals or remain at home in the care of their parents.
The decision to refer a child to the mental health authorities is always reluctantly
taken and whenever possible only after a trial period at one of the special schools for
E.S.N, pupils.
INFESTATION WITH VERMIN
Number Examined 23,331
Number Infested 84
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