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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
Kingston upon Thames 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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| Category | Number attending at end of 1966 | Recommended for Placement-Parents Refused Consent | Receiving Home Tuition | On Waiting list for Special School | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day Special Schools | Boarding Special Schools | |||||||||||
| Kingston | Other | Other | ||||||||||
| Boys | Girls | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | B | G | |
| Blind | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Partially Sighted | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Deaf | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Partially Hearing | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Educationally Subnormal | 63 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Epileptic | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Maladjusted | - | - | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Physically Handicapped | 18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 4 | 4 | - | - |
| Delicate | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Speech Defect | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 81 | 33 | 14 | 10 | 35 | 18 | - | - | 7 | 6 | - | 2 |
Bedelsford School. Grange Road. Kingston
I am grateful to Mr. E. C. Cooke, Headmaster, for the following
report.
This school now receives children from the age of three. The
children are brought each day from outlying districts in buses and cars
and are accompanied by escorts. All the children have midday lunch at
school and special arrangements are made for children on diets.
The education provided is of an individual nature and instruction
is given in crafts and domestic science. Other activities which take
place in school are Scouts, Guides, Brownies and Cubs, and many children
take part in weekly swimming at the local baths.