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Ealing 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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The following table sets out, in their various categories, the number of handicapped pupils as at 31st December, 1969:-
| Category of Pupils | In Special Day Schools | In Special Residential Schools | In maintained Primary and Secondary Schools | Not at School | In Independent Schools | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | P | M | P | M | P | M | P | M | P | M | F | |
| Blind | _ | 2 | 2 | 2 | _ | _ | 1 | 2 | _ | _ | 3 | 6 |
| Partially sighted | 8 | 9 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 8 | 9 |
| Deaf | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 9 | 11 |
| Partially deaf | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | _ | 1 | _ | 3 | _ | _ | 25 | 21 |
| E.S.N. | 160 | 110 | 24 | 6 | 31 | 20 | 10 | 3 | _ | _ | 225 | 139 |
| Epileptic | _ | _ | 1 | 3 | _ | _ | 2 | - | _ | _ | 3 | 3 |
| Maladj usted | 59 | 21 | 104 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | — | _ | 179 | 64 |
| Physically handicapped | 30 | 29 | 4 | 7 | _ | 1 | 8 | 6 | _ | 1 | 42 | 44 |
| Defective speech | 6 | 3 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 7 | 5 | _ | _ | 13 | 8 |
| Delicate | 30 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | _ | _ | _ | 45 | 17 |
| Totals | 319 | 208 | 153 | 65 | 45 | 27 | 35 | 21 | _ | 1 | 552 | 322 |
SCHOOL DENTAL SERVICE
Mr. L.C. Mandeville, L.D.S., R.C.S., Principal School Dental Officer, reports as
follows:-
The School Dental Service has the following functions:-
1. The routine dental inspection of children at school.
2. Ensuring that any necessary dental treatment is received, either from the
Council's own dentists or by attendance at a private dentist.
3. Dental Health Education.
Dental sessions are held at 13 of the Council's clinics.
The establishment of dental staff is 14 dental officers. At the end of the year a
full-time equivalent of 11.7+1 dental auxiliary dental officers was employed. As in
previous years, there has been a difficulty in recruiting adequate numbers of dental
officers. This has been especially marked in the Northolt part of the borough and is
presumably due to communication difficulties. Lack of stability and continuity in the
service does, more than any other factor, cause parents and patients to seek treatment
elsewhere and even to make no arrangements at all.
Dental Inspections
The figures for dental inspection during the year were as follows:-
| Routine dental inspection during 1969 | 55% of school pop. |
| Pound to require treatment | 63% |
| Sessions devoted to inspection | 3.8% |
Dental Treatment
The figures for dental treatment during the year were:-
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