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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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HANDICAPPED PUPILS. (As at 20/1/48.)
| 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 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Deaf Pupils | 9 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Partially Deaf Pupils | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Delicate Pupils | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | — | — | — | — |
| Diabetic Pupils | — | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Educationally Subnormal Pupils | 23 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Epileptic Pupils | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Maladjusted Pupils | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Physically Handicapped Pupils | 6 | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| Pupils suffering from Speech Defects | - | - | 49 | 19 | - | - | - | - |
| Pupils suffering from Multiple Disabilities | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 52 | 40 | 88 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | |
| Total—Males 147; Females 90. | ||||||||
Number of children shown as not at school receiving education
at home under Section 56, Education Act, 1944—1.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
HOUSING:
The most acute problem affecting the public health at the
present time is that concerned with the housing shortage.
This, of course, is not a local problem but is common to the