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Leyton 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Physically Handicapped.
Fortunately the number in this category is small, and attention is drawn
to those receiving residential treatment, which is two at the end of 1954.
There were none awaiting admission to either Day or Resident Schools.
| Boys | Girls | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. attending at Knotts Green Open Air School | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| No. attending at Residential Schools | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| No. ascertained in 1954 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| No. recommended Knotts Green Day Open Air School | 1 | - | 1 |
| No. recommended Residential School | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| No. recommemnded to continue at Ordinary School | - | - | - |
Educationally Sub-normal.
| Boys | Girls | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Educationally Sub-normal Pupils ascertained | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| No. admitted to Harrow Green | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| No. admitted to Residential School | 0 | 1 | 1 |
One child is awaiting admission to a residential school.
Four children who were ascertained in 1954 will attend Harrow Green
E.S.N. School in January 1955.
Maladjusted Pupils.
Before these children are ascertained as maladjusted the help of the local
Child Guidance Clinic has usually been sought and treatment instituted
there. Six children were ascertained as maladjusted in 1954.
Admitted to Residential School 3
Waiting for a vacancy 2
Refusal to accept a vacancy 1
Deaf Pupils.
These are pupils who have no hearing, or whose hearing is so defective
that they require education by the methods used for deaf pupils without
naturally acquired speech or language.
No child was ascertained to be totally deaf in 1954.
There are five children of school age attending residential deaf schools.
Four children are at day schools for the deaf.
Partially Deaf Pupils.
These are children whose hearing is so defective that they require for
their education special arrangements or facilities, but not all the educational
methods used for deaf pupils. They usually learn speech in a normal fashion,
with or without hearing aids.