Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table 93
County Council Day Special Schools—Admissions
County District in which Children reside | No. of new recommendations received during the year | No. of children admitted during the year | No. of children on waiting list at 31.12.56 |
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Leinster Special School for Educationally Sub-Normal Pupils | |||
Willesden | 23 | 10 | 18 |
Ealing | 7 | 6 | 15 |
Totals | 30 | 16 | 33 |
Lower Place Special School for Physically Handicapped Pupils | |||
Willesden | 7 | 7 | |
Wembley | 7 | 8 | — |
Harrow | 4 | 4 | — |
Ealing | 3 | 3 | — |
Acton | 3 | 3 | — |
Hendon | 5 | 5 | — |
Totals | 29 | 30 | — |
Table 94 The Educational Sub-Normal Education Act, 1944 — Sections 57 (3), 57 (4) and 57 (5)
1956 | 1955 | |
---|---|---|
Cases dealt with under section 57, Education Act, 1944:— | ||
Sub-Section 3 | 10 | 10 |
Sub-Section 4 | — | — |
Sub-Section 5 | 20 | 26 |
Cases de-notified under section 8, Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1948 | 1 | 1 |
CHILD GUIDANCE
Table 95
Waiting list at 1.1.56 | Total No. of cases seen | New cases seen | New cases referred | Waiting list at 31.12.56 |
---|---|---|---|---|
62 | 145 | 96 | 114 | 81 |
Table 96
Main symptoms | Cases |
---|---|
Aggressive behaviour | 6 |
Anxiety—including night-terrors | 12 |
Enuresis | 12 |
Failure to progress at school | 9 |
Habits, e.g., tics, thumb-sucking | 4 |
Psychosomatic disorders | 9 |
Psychotic features | 6 |
Soiling | 3 |
Speech difficulties | 8 |
Stealing | 19 |
Truancy and wandering | 8 |
96 |