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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
Havering 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Havering]
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Hilldene Junior School, providing facilities for medical consultation
and treatment of minor conditions.
The total attendances at these sessions amounted to 12,940, including 3,828 consultations with the school doctors and 9,112 treatments or interviews with school nurses.
| Conditions treated included:— | |
|---|---|
| Skin diseases | 2,381 |
| Eye diseases | 107 |
| Diseases and defects of the ear, nose and throat | 219 |
| Miscellaneous minor conditions | 462 |
Handicapped Pupils
In accordance with the provisions of the Education (Handicapped
Children) Act 1970, the former Belford Junior Training
Centre and Special Care Unit were transferred to the local
education authority from the local health authority on 1st April
1971. These two units, which provided training facilities for
mentally subnormal children and those handicapped by multiple
disabilities were united to form a new school known as
Ravensboume School.
This increased the number of special schools for handicapped
children in the Borough to four; the full list of special
schools and units being as follows:—
Corbets Tey School
Dycorts School (E.S.N. pupils)
Havering Grange School
Ravensboume School (subnormal and multiple handicaps).
Nursery class for pre-school maladjusted children —
Mead Infants' School.
Unit for Partially Hearing Pupils — Hacton Junior School.
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