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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
Enfield 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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| Category. | Recommendations made during year. | Pupils attending Special Schools at 31st Dec., 1947 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special Residential School. | Special Day School. | Residential. | Day. | |
| Blind and partially sighted | 3 | - | 3 | — |
| Deaf and partially deaf | — | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Delicate pupils | 26 | — | 21 | — |
| Diabetic pupils | — | - | 3 | — |
| Educationally subnormal | 1 | 24 | — | 59 |
| Epileptic pupils | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Physically handicapped pupils | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| Two pupils recommended home teaching. | ||||
Pupils suffering from disability of mind. Fifty pupils were
examined under Sections 34 and 57 of the Education Act, 1944,
with the following recommendations :—
To remain at an ordinary school 5
To be re-examined 3
To attend special day school 24
To attend special residential school 1
Referred for Psychiatric report 2
Referred to Local Authority for the purposes of the
Mental Deficiency Act, 1913 15
SPECIAL EXAMINATIONS
Sixty-three children had special examinations during the year,
of whom twenty-four were recommended Child Guidance treatment,
twenty-six were recommended a short stay at a residential open-air
school, eight were recommended for admission to special residential