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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 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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SCHOOL HEALTH
Table 56
Handicapped children
Children in special schools
| Category | Day | Residential |
|---|---|---|
| Blind | - | 5 |
| Partially sighted | 6 | 1 |
| Deaf | 10 | 5 |
| Partially hearing | 33 | 2 |
| x Educationally sub-normal: (formally ascertained) | 159* | 14 |
| (not formally ascertained) | 157 | - |
| Epileptic | — | 1 |
| Maladjusted | 42 | 62 |
| Physically handicapped | 33 | 7 |
| Speech | 1 | 1 |
| Delicate | 51 | 11 |
*Includes two girls living in Clay Hill Hostel for educationally
sub-normal girls.
xThe total of 159 children formally ascertained includes
88 attending Waverley School; and of the 157 not formally
ascertained 30 attend Waverley School.
Ten children with more than one defect are included in
the category of their major defect.
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