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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
Hendon 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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HANDICAPPED PUPILS.
(as at 20/1/47).
| Category. | At Special Schools. | At Maintained Schools. | At Independent Schools. | Not at School | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Blind Pupils | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Partially Sighted Pupils | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Deaf Pupils | 9 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Partially Deaf Pupils | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Delicate Pupils | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Diabetic Pupils | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Educationally Subnormal Pupils | 24 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Epileptic Pupils | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Maladjusted Pupils | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Physically Handicapped Pupils | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pupils Suffering from Speech Defects | — | — | 40 | 12 | — | — | — | — |
| Pupils Suffering from Multiple Disabilities | 1 | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | |
| 53 | 42 | 58 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Total—Males 114: Females 65 | ||||||||
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
HOUSING:
The lack of adequate housing accommodation has received
the continued attention of the Borough Council. The causes
for the existing situation are too well-known to need recapitulation,
but the situation here, as in the country generally,
tends to become more acute as an increasing number of men