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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
Bromley 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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PART 1
RETURN OF HANDICAPPED CHILDREN
New assessments and placements
| During the calendar year ended 31st December, 1968:— | Blind (1) | P.S. (2) | Deaf (3) | Pt. Hg. (4) | P.H. (5) | Del. (6) | Mai. (7) | E.S.N. (8) | Epil. (9) | Sp. Def. (10) | TOT. (11) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A How many handicapped children were newly assessed as needing special educational treatment at special schools or in boarding homes? | boys | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 48 | 1 | _ | 68 | |
| girls | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 32 | — | — | 40 | ||
| B How many children were newly placed in special schools (other than hospital special schools) or boarding homes? | (i) of those included at A above | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 1 | _ | 49 | |
| girls | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 25 | — | 33 | |||
| (ii) of those assessed prior to January, 1967 | boys | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | _ | _ | 22 | |
| girls | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | — | — | 17 | ||
| (iii) TOTAL newly placed—B (i) and (ii) | boys | — | 1 | — | 2 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 44 | 1 | — | 71 | |
| girls | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 31 | — | — | 50 | ||
PART II
Children found unsuitable for education at school
During the calendar year ended 31st December, 1968:—
(i) How many children were the subject of new decisions recorded under Section 57 of the Education Act, 1944? 10
(ii) How many reviews were carried out under the provisions of Section 57A of the Education Act, 1944? 2
iii) How many decisions were cancelled under Section 57A(2) of the Education Act, 1944? —