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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
Leyton 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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HANDICAPPED PUPILS
| BLIND | PARTIALLY SIGHTED | DEAF | PARTIALLY HEARING | PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED | DELICATE | MALADJUSTED | E.S.N. | EPILEPTIC | SPEECH DEFECTS | TOTAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) | Children newly assessed as Handicapped during the year ended 31st December, 1964 | aged 5 or over | _ | _ | _ | 8 | _ | 20 | 25 | _ | _ | 53 | |
| under 5 | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | ||
| (b) | Children who, on or about 31st December 1964, were receiving Special educational treatment | aged 5 or over | - | 3 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 2 | 54 | 97 | 2 | - | 199 |
| under 5 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 8 | |||
| all ages | - | 4 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 2 | 54 | 97 | 2 | - | 207 | ||
| (c) | Number in (b) receiving special educational treatment | at day special schools | - | 3 | 7 | 11 | 22 | - | 37 | 86 | 2 | - | 168 |
| at residential special schools | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | - | - | 36 | ||
| at ordinary schools | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| elsewhere | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | ||
| (d) | Children who, on or about 31st December 1964, were requiring but not receiving special educational treatment | aged 5 or over | ' - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| under 5 | ~ | ~ | " | ~ | 1 | ~ | ~ | — | ~ | ~ | 1 | ||
| (e) | Children on register on or about 31st December, 1964 requiring special educational treatment | aged 5 or over | - | 2 | - | 7 | 57 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 68 |
| under 5 | - | 2 | 29 | - | - | 12 | 4 | " | 38 | ||||