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Romford 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
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HANDICAPPED PUPILS
Special Educational Treatment
Work was commenced on the Havering Grange Special School
during the year. The school is being erected at the Northern
end of Havering Road and will cater for educationally sub-normal
pupils when it opens in 1962.
A summary is given below of the ascertainment and placement of handicapped pupils during the year:—
| Category | No.of pupils ascertained during 1961 | No. of pupils admitted to Special Schools during year | Total No. of pupil: in Special Schools at end of year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Residential | Day | Residential | ||
| Deaf | - | - | — | 4 | - |
| Partially Deaf | 1 | 1 | — | 8 | 1 |
| Blind | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Partially Sighted | — | — | — | 4 | — |
| Epileptic | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Delicate | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 |
| Physically Handicapped | 1 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 |
| Educationally Sub-normal | 20 | 6 | 5 | 62 | 20 |
| Maladjusted | 4 | — | 5 | — | 16 |
| Speech | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dual Defects* | — | — | — | 6 | 3 |
| Totals | 30 | 16 | 14 | 114 | 61 |
* Children ascertained in respect of more than one defect:-
Attending Day Special Schools Attending Residential Special
1 Partially Deaf /Physically Handi- Schools
capped/E.S.N. 1 Deaf/E.S.N.
1 Partially Deaf/Partially Sighted 1 Deaf/Physically
1 Partially Deaf/ E.S.N. Handicapped
1 Delicate/Maladjusted 1 E.S.N./Maladjusted
2 E.S.N./Physically Handicapped
Convalescence
During the year 37 children were sent away for short stay
convalescent holidays.
Nursery Class for Maladjusted Pupils
Over a period of years the Consultant Psychiatrist at the
Child Guidance Clinic had noted that some pre-school children
had problems which could be more adequately dealt with in a
group of children of approximately their own age than by outpatient
attendance at the Clinic. These children tended to be much
too disturbed to be included in ordinary day nurseries and might
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